Illnesses where the body has trouble making new blood cells
autologous
it is called an autologous bone marrow transplant
Autologous (aw-TOL-uh-guss) Bone Marrow Transplant. The patient's bone marrow is harvested, cleansed, treated, and stored before remaining bone marrow is destroyed.
Autologous bone marrow transplant
Leukemia, and some other blood disorders.
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.
For adults there are many different conditions treated with bone marrow transplants such as; Amyloidosis, Aplastic anemia,Leukemia and Lymphoma. Once a BMT even cured somebody with aids...
The bone marrow transplant was scheduled in a month.
allogenic
the purpose of the bone marrow is to make up the bone
autologous bone marrow transplant, "auto" means "self"