Immature stem cells in the bone marrow (soft, fatty tissue inside your bones) give rise to blood cells. These blood cells mature and enter the bloodstream. In bone marrow transplant, damaged and destroyed bone marrow is replaced with healthy bone marrow stem cells removed from you or from a donor.
December 11 2012, 8:12 am
Read MoreBeing diagnosed with the dreaded disease - cancer - can flood you with emotions that can be hard to deal with. Many questions run through your mind. What next? Am I going to die? Is there any treatment? Can it be cured? Your doctor will talk you through a number of treatment options. You may hear
February 7 2013, 8:24 am
Read MoreMultiple myeloma is a cancerous disease arising from the bone marrow of a patient typically suffering from persistent back pain, fractures, minor trauma or bone pains despite routine treatment. It may also be detected incidentally during a health checkup or if the person is suffering from any
May 16 2013, 9:57 am
Read MoreFive-year-old Tushar doesn’t know what it is like to play in the garden with boys his age. He hasn’t done so is the last 3 years for fear of infection. His only trips in the outside world are those when he visits the cancer hospital for his chemotherapy. His parents’ lives revolve around him,
April 17 2013, 11:34 am
Read MoreAdjuvant therapy: To lower the risk of cancer coming back (relapse), sometimes additional treatment is given after the main treatment. This is called adjuvant chemotherapy and may include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted therapy, hormone therapy or biological therapy. For e.g. in some cancers
March 26 2013, 8:09 am
Read MoreThe regime, which incorporates the bortezomib drug, alongside two other drugs, can be used to treat newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma who are suitable for bone marrow transplant.
December 10 2010, 5:54 pm
Read More14-year-old Anuj Behl, a patient of aplastic anemia returned home after a successful bone marrow transplantation operation was done on him at the CMC Hospital in Vellore.
April 29 2011, 4:20 pm
Read MoreA three-year-old girl in Oman, who was diagnosed with leukaemia six months back, has got a new lease of life after doctors in Bangalore successfully performed a bone marrow transplant on her.
December 29 2010, 10:13 am
Read MoreScientists, including an Indian -origin researcher, claim to have developed a "miracle" stem cell treatment which uses mothers` bone marrow to cure deadly blood diseases in babies who are still in the womb.
January 19 2011, 7:19 pm
Read MoreSouth Africa captain Graeme Smith will be out from action for at least up to four months after undergoing a ‘highly unusual’ ankle surgery, a senior Cricket South Africa (CSA) official said.
May 28 2013, 7:24 pm
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