The goal of the transplant is to rebuild the recipient's blood cells and immune system and hopefully cure the underlying ailment.
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"
You have to get a bone marrow transplant.
1968 at the University of Minnesota by Robert A. Good
Either a bone marrow or a stem cell transplant (although these days most stem cell transplants are obtained from blood).