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A man is about to receive a bone marrow transplant is taking pills to suppress his immune system to help what?
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man is about to receive a bone marrow transplant he is taking pills to suppress his immune system so that?
His immune system does not attack the transplanted marrow. APEX
Mrs gilmer's leukemia is being treated with a bone marrow transplant some of her bone marrow was harvested so that she will be able to receive a bone marrow transplant?
autologous
Has leukemia and requires a bone marrow transplant part of the treatment was the harvesting of her bone marrow so she could receive it later as a?
autologous bone marrow transplant, "auto" means "self"
What is the goal of bone marrow transplant?
The goal of the transplant is to rebuild the recipient's blood cells and immune system and hopefully cure the underlying ailment.
When a patient receives a bone marrow transplant what vital process is being restored?
The production of white blood cells. Usually if someone receives a marrow transplant it is because they have an immune system disorder. blood purification
What is a bone marrow be specific?
Bone marrow is spongy white and dose not just sit in our bones. People with cancer need bone marrow transplant because the bone marrow is needed for our immune system.
Who benefits from bone marrow transplant?
People with different types of cancers or diseases from Leukemia to Sickle Cell Anemia can benefit from a Bone Marrow Transplant. Basically when someones blood or immune system is not working and needs replaced
Which bone marrow transplant uses the patients own bone marrow?
it is called an autologous bone marrow transplant
What is known as harvesting bone marrow and receiving it later as a bone marrow transplant?
Autologous bone marrow transplant
When the donor is the patient himself it is what type of bone marrow transplant?
Autologous = own marrow Allogeneic = transplant from a related (or tissue matched) donor. Syngeneic = transplant from an identical twin.
What is the bone marrow transplant uses healthy bone marrow cells from a compatible donor such as a sibling?
Sometimes. In an allogeneic bone marrow transplant the bone marrow is taken from a donor and infused into a recipient. Usually the recipient has undergone intensive radiation therapy in order to wipe out the immune system so that it will not attack the foreign bone marrow cells (reject it) and the donor marrow has had some cells that would attack the recipient removed. In an autologous transplant bone marrow is removed from the patients, treated in some way, and then infused back into the patient. It can be frozen and saved while the patient undergoes some kind of therapy and then thawed and reinfused. In a syngeneic transplant marrow from one identical twin is infused into the other twin. This one is pretty cool because no treatment is needed to prevent rejection (but the recipient will probably still receive treatment for the disease.
Which is the year of the first bone marrow transplant in the US with success?
The first successful bone marrow transplant was in 1973.
