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This work was supported by grants from the following bodies: 1. Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health and Welfare (A121934, HI12C1788), Republic of Korea. 2. R&D Convergence Program of the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) (CRC-15-02-KRIBB), Republic of Korea. 3 Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) Research Initiative Program (KGM 5502221), Republic of Korea.
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K-HL: Conceptualization, resources, study design, manuscript writing, and editing. SL: Data analysis and interpretation. YHP: Data analysis and interpretation. Y-CM: Data analysis, interpretation, and resources. E-JC: Study patient enrollment and care, data analysis and statistical analysis. YC: Clinical data analysis, statistical analysis, and interpretation. H-SP: Patient management, clinical data interpretation, and data analysis. J-HL: Clinical data analysis and interpretation. J-HL: Study patient enrollment and care and clinical data interpretation. S-YP: NK cell production, analytical experiments, and data analysis. SRY: NK cell production, analytical experiments, and data analysis. IC: Conceptualization, resources, study design, and supervision.
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Lee, KH., Lee, S., Park, Y.H. et al. Interleukin-15 and -21-activated, donor-derived NK cell infusion after haploidentical HCT in high-risk AML and MDS—a cohort analysis. Leukemia 38, 451–454 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-023-02121-6
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