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Bone Marrow Sampling and Transplants
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Stem cells--scientific, medical, and political issues

Irving L Weissman1

  • 1Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5323, USA.

The New England Journal of Medicine
|May 8, 2002
PubMed
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Bone Marrow Sampling and Transplants

Bone marrow transplant is a potential cure for several diseases, including cancer and specific genetic disorders. Notably, this procedure is applicable for patients suffering from aplastic anemia, certain types of leukemia, severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID), Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, thalassemia, sickle-cell disease, and certain cancers.
The transplant begins with high doses of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, which aim to destroy...
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