The transplant and associated treatments are hard on the recipient. Bone marrow transplants are debilitating. A person's ability to withstand the rigors of the transplant is a key consideration in deciding to use this treatment.
it is called an autologous bone marrow transplant
Autologous bone marrow transplant
Autologous = own marrow Allogeneic = transplant from a related (or tissue matched) donor. Syngeneic = transplant from an identical twin.
The first successful bone marrow transplant was in 1973.
autologous
allogenic
The bone marrow transplant was scheduled in a month.
the purpose of the bone marrow is to make up the bone
autologous bone marrow transplant, "auto" means "self"
Bone marrow transplants are accompanied by serious and life-threatening risks. Furthermore, they are not always an absolute assurance of a cure for the underlying ailment; a disease may recur in the future.
You have to get a bone marrow transplant.
1968 at the University of Minnesota by Robert A. Good