Bone marrow biopsies are performed to check for cancer and other diseases that impact your blood. A bone marrow biopsy is performed by inserting a large needle into your bone, usually your hip bone, ...

During a bone marrow donation procedure, people will have a general or local anesthetic, so they will not feel any pain. After the procedure, someone may experience side effects, such as aches or ...

A bone marrow biopsy is a medical procedure used to collect a small sample of bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones where blood cells are made. This test helps a physician ...

In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells build up inside bone marrow -- the spongy tissue inside large bones where blood cells are produced. Over time, myeloma cells cause damage to bones, kidneys, ...

Some people live with conditions that stop their bone marrow from working as it should. These people often need a transplant to survive. To help, donors can give: cells from bone marrow peripheral ...

As Bone Marrow Stem Cell Donation and Leukaemia Awareness Month approaches, the importance of demystifying bone marrow donation has never been clearer. Murray Hewlett, CEO of Affinity Health, ...

The University of Utah Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute and Primary Children's Hospital provides comprehensive, compassionate, state-of-the-art care for patients ...

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 ...

Bone marrow is a spongy tissue found inside some of your bones. Your body uses it to make white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Bone marrow is the soft tissue in your bones that makes and ...