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When are bone marrow transplants used to treat lymphomas?
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Bone marrow transplantation is used in cases where the lymphomas do not respond to conventional therapy, or in cases where the patient has had a relapse or suffers from recurrent lymphomas.
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Can bone marrow transplantation treat malignant lymphoma?
Bone marrow transplantation is being tested as a treatment option when lymphomas do not respond to conventional therapy, or when the patient has had a relapse or suffers from recurrent lymphomas.
Who benefits from the bone marrow transplants?
People who are sufferers of diseases pertaining to their blood. For instance bone marrow transplants are given to patients suffering from Leukemia and Sickle Cell Anemia
Are bone marrow transplants risky?
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.
What diseases are stem cell technologies used to treat?
Stem cell technologies are being developed to treat many diseases such as Cancers and Parkinsons. They are currently used for bone marrow transplants.
When were the first bone marrow transplants in the US?
The first bone marrow transplant in the US was done in 1956 by Doctor E. Donnall Thomas.
Why would one have a bone marrow transplantation?
Bone marrow transplants involve replacing damaged bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. This can be used to help many stem cell related illnesses, sometimes including cancer.
What type of bone transplant uses bone marrow from a donor?
Either a bone marrow or a stem cell transplant (although these days most stem cell transplants are obtained from blood).
What kind of bone marrow transplantuses bone marrow from a doner?
All bone marrow transplants require bone marrow from a donor; the purpose of the transplant is to replace the patient's bone marrow (that no longer works) with some that does work, which clearly cannot come from the patient (since they have none that works). Hence a donor must be used.
How are stem cell transplants used?
Physicians use stem cell transplants to treat many diseases that damage or destroy bone marrow, found in the soft fatty tissue inside the bones. Examples of these diseases are leukemia and multiple myeloma.
What are the successful results of a bone marrow transplant?
In a successful bone marrow transplant, the donor's marrow migrates to the cavities in the recipient's bones and produces normal numbers of healthy blood cells. Bone marrow transplants can extend a person's life, improve quality of life.
Where produce blood?
Blood is produced in spongy bone marrow. That is why doctors perform bone marrow transplants in an attempt to replace weak or lost blood-producing cells with healthy ones.
What was the name of Carl Sagan's sister?
Carl Sagan had a sister named Cari (Greene). Cari donated bone marrow to Carl for his bone marrow transplants near the end of his life.
