A new bone marrow imaging technique could change treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and musculoskeletal disorders. Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have developed a powerful ...

Bone marrow aspiration and bone marrow biopsy are two procedures that often are done together. The whole process is pretty simple, takes about 30 minutes, and will give your doctor valuable ...

When the call went out over social media that Army Sgt. Derrick Bishop, of the 82nd Airborne Division, needed a bone marrow transplant, thousands responded in person and online. On Monday, more ...

Bone marrow transplants involve healthy marrow donations from a matched donor, either a family member or an unrelated volunteer. Donors can be any gender, ideally aged 18 to 44, and in excellent ...

So, the scientists coaxed lung and bone marrow HSCs to mature in petri dishes and found the lung HSCs were productive just like the bone marrow HSCs. “Both types of HSCs thrived in our gold-standard ...

Bone marrow biopsy and aspiration are procedures used to collect and test bone marrow---the soft, spongy tissue inside certain bones where blood cells are made.These tests are used to diagnose many ...

Damage from radiation or medication, such as chemotherapy: These treatments can damage the bone marrow, preventing regeneration of blood cells or causing excessive production of abnormal and unhealthy ...

Bone marrow donation is vital to many people’s lives. But, it can also produce a weird quirk in which the recipient’s blood can change to be like the donor’s.

The study uses transcriptomics data from bone marrow samples taken from people with relapsed leukemia, some of whom received and responded to DLI, some of whom received and didn’t respond to DLI ...

Yellow bone marrow consists mainly of fat cells, which give it its yellowish hue, and stem cells that produce fat, bone and cartilage. You aren’t born with yellow bone marrow — only red. As the body ...