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, ...

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, ...

When Dr. E. Donnall Thomas first pioneered bone marrow transplantation in the 1960s and 1970s, his goal was to treat patients with advanced leukemia — at the time, a nearly universal death sentence.

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Leukemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants survive just as long on average as those who undergo the more invasive procedure of having a bone marrow transplant, ...

* Bone marrow, blood stem cell transplant equal in leukaemia * Study shows bone marrow procedure better in acute cases LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Leukaemia patients who have blood stem cell transplants ...