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.
Autologous bone marrow transplant
An autologous bone marrow transplant uses the patient's own bone marrow. The bone marrow is collected from the patient, stored, and later reinfused after high-dose chemotherapy or radiation therapy. This type of transplant helps restore the patient's immune system.
Autologous = own marrow Allogeneic = transplant from a related (or tissue matched) donor. Syngeneic = transplant from an identical twin.
allogenic
The term for bone marrow from a close relative is "allogeneic bone marrow transplant."
You have to get a bone marrow transplant.
In a bone marrow transplant, the bone marrow used typically comes from a donor who matches the recipient's tissue type. This matching helps reduce the risk of rejection. The bone marrow is usually harvested from the donor's hip bones using a needle.
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.
1968 at the University of Minnesota by Robert A. Good
The first successful bone marrow transplant was in 1973.
A bone marrow transplant can change a person's blood type to that of the donor's. This is because the bone marrow produces blood cells, including red blood cells that determine blood type. After a transplant, the new bone marrow starts producing blood cells with the donor's blood type.
Either a bone marrow or a stem cell transplant (although these days most stem cell transplants are obtained from blood).