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Bone marrow produces stem cells. These stem cells eventually develop into blood cells. Bone marrow is a critical part of the body because it is the body's main blood cell "factory." If something is wrong with the marrow, a person can become very ill, even die.
In diseases such as leukemia and aplastic anemia, the bone marrow is unhealthy. The purpose of a bone marrow transplant is to put healthy stem cells in place of the unhealthy ones. This can treat or even cure the disease.
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Which bone marrow transplant uses the patients own bone marrow?
it is called an autologous bone marrow transplant
What is known as harvesting bone marrow and receiving it later as a bone marrow transplant?
Autologous bone marrow transplant
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.
When the donor is the patient himself it is what type of bone marrow transplant?
Autologous = own marrow Allogeneic = transplant from a related (or tissue matched) donor. Syngeneic = transplant from an identical twin.
Which is the year of the first bone marrow transplant in the US with success?
The first successful bone marrow transplant was in 1973.
Mrs gilmer's leukemia is being treated with a bone marrow transplant some of her bone marrow was harvested so that she will be able to receive a bone marrow transplant?
autologous
How do use bone marrow in a sentence?
The bone marrow transplant was scheduled in a month.
What type of bone marrow transplant usues bone marrow from a donor?
allogenic
What bone marrow is used in a bone marrow transplant?
the purpose of the bone marrow is to make up the bone
What is the medical term meaning harvesting your own bone marrow to use at a later date?
An autologous bone marrow transplant is bone marrow harvested from your own body. It may be done before cancer treatment.
Has leukemia and requires a bone marrow transplant part of the treatment was the harvesting of her bone marrow so she could receive it later as a?
autologous bone marrow transplant, "auto" means "self"
Is Leukemia treatable?
You have to get a bone marrow transplant.
