A bone marrow transplant, or stem cell transplant, places blood stem cells back into the body. The transplant replaces cells that cancer or treatments have destroyed. People may have a bone marrow ...

A bone marrow transplant process co-developed by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is safe and curative for adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a trial ...

For four decades, Ohio State blood and bone marrow transplant innovation has improved cancer care with an increasing emphasis on patients’ quality of life. Since February of 1984, more than 6,500 ...

Blood transfusion is a highly efficient mode of transmission of human T lymphotropic virus type-I (HTLV-I).1 HTLV-I, a human retrovirus, is closely related to diseases such as adult T cell leukemia ...

Bone marrow transplant today is much safer than it was a few years ago. We now have better ways to find matching donors, says Dr G Vijay, Hemato Oncologist, VS Hospitals, in an interview with Sinduja ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Medical University of South Carolina reports that the survival rate for patients in their Bone and Marrow Transplant Program is higher than the national average. A ...

Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) components may be transplanted between red blood cell antigen-disparate donors and recipients without an increase in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) or graft rejection.1 ...

A groundbreaking study reveals the potential of alternative donors in bone marrow transplantation, paving the way for improved patient outcomes and innovative practices.

Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to be cured of HIV when he had a unique type of bone marrow transplant, has died in California after relapsing with cancer, his partner said.

Essentia is organizing a bone marrow drive to connect potential donors with patients who need life-saving transplants.

William “Ed” Carruthers, 73, was on vacation in Arizona when he noticed some pain in his back. He thought it was an injury to a disc in his spine. Three weeks later, when Carruthers got his blood work ...