Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is a fast-growing cancer of the white blood cells. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that the body uses to fight infections. In ALL, the bone marrow makes l [..]

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) is a fast-growing cancer of the blood and bone marrow. In AML, the bone marrow makes many unformed cells called blasts. Blasts normally develop into white blood cells [..]

Also called Non-embryonic stem cells - any kind of stem cell that has been taken from an adult source. Adult stem cell sources include bone marrow cells, umbilical cord blood cells and peripheral bloo [..]

In an allogeneic transplant, the patient gets bone marrow/stem cell or cord blood cells from a donor. The donor's tissue type (HLA type) must closely match the patient's. The donor can be ei [..]

A simple, painless process in which blood is drawn from a patient's or donor's arm and circulated through a filter which removes stem cells from the blood. The rest of the blood is returned [..]

Aplastic anemia is a disease of the bone marrow. The bone marrow stops making enough red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets for the body. Any blood cells the marrow does make are normal, but [..]

In an autologous transplant, the patient's own blood stem cells are collected from the bone marrow or peripheral blood and frozen. The patient then receives high-doses of Chemotherapy and/or Radi [..]

Immature white blood cells. Healthy bone marrow makes stem cells that grow into red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. A leukemia patient's bone marrow makes too many blast cells (imm [..]

A soft, spongy tissue that fills the cavities inside most human bones. bone marrow contains adult stem cells which generate all our red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. It is the most co [..]

A surgical procedure by which a person donates a portion of his/her bone marrow to a patient who has a disease which requires a bone marrow transplant.