Hodgkin's disease refers to a type of cancer that starts invading the lymphatic system, a special system in the body responsible for carrying white blood cells that fight infection. The University of Maryland Medical Center says that Hodgkin's...
The potential for stem cell research to revolutionize health care, combined with concerns over ethical issues surrounding the harvesting of stem cells, have garnered much attention from researchers, lobbyists and the media. Cord blood banking...
Stem cells are the progenitor (able to differentiate to other types of cells) cells of all the cell types in the body. According to the Mayo Clinic, a stem cell transplant involves infusing these stem cells into the body to replace a...
Chronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML, is a blood cancer that is fairly rare in children, according to Children's Hospital Boston. In CML, immature white blood cells crowd out the healthy mature cells in the blood. A bone marrow transplant, or stem...
A bone marrow transplant comes with many risks; however it has saved many lives from leukemia, severe aplastic anemia, Hodgkin's disease, myelodysplastic syndromes and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. According to the National Marrow Donor Program, the...
Bone marrow transplant (BMT) provides healthy stem cells to replace cells lost to chemotherapy, radiation or disease. When the new cells are infused at transplant, it allows the bone marrow to produce healthy stem cells and attack any cancer cells...
Transfusion is the process of giving whole blood or one of its components--plasma, red blood cells, platelets and cryoprecipitates--to a patient through an intravenous line. According to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, almost 5...
A bone marrow transplant is a medical procedure in which a donor provides a special kind of blood, called hematopoietic stem cells, to a recipient. Bone marrow transplants are usually performed under anesthesia while the blood is taken from a...
Umbilical cord blood contains stem cells that can be used to treat conditions such as leukemia and sickle cell disease, explains the American Pregnancy Association. In order to bank cord blood, parents must make the decision prior to the onset of...
Proteins and water make up the clear natural lens, the structure that sits behind your iris. As light enters your eye, the lens flexes, directing light to the back of your eye, an essential step in vision. Age and other factors will affect the...
A bone marrow transplant is a medical procedure that delivers healthy bone marrow stem cells to patients. The transplant is used in patients who need bone marrow because of a disease or due to treatments for cancer. Stem cells in the bone marrow...
A bone marrow transplant was at one time considered an experimental treatment. Today it is routinely done as a form of treatment for various types of cancers including different types of leukemia, lymphoma and aplastic anemia. Bone marrow...
According to the Mayo Clinic, multiple myeloma is a chronic and progressive disease in which abnormal plasma cells increase in production. Plasma cells produce antibodies, specialized proteins that circulate in your body to fight off any foreign...
Acute leukemia, a type of cancer that affects bone marrow, causes immature white blood cells called blast cells to proliferate and crowd out other blood cells. An estimated 42,000 new cases of leukemia will be diagnosed in the United States in...
Blood transfusions replace blood loss due to trauma or anemia. Natural blood carries oxygen more efficiently than artificial substances. The dangers associated with blood transfusion, though rare, can seriously affect the body. All donors must...
A bone marrow transplant is a procedure used to replace damaged or abnormal bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells from a donor. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the side effects of a bone marrow transplant depend on...
Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer of the immune system characterized by the presence of an abnormal cell type called the Reed-Sternberg cells. The two major types of Hodgkin's lymphoma are classical Hodgkin's lymphoma and nodular...
A blood transfusion is a common procedure used to replace blood lost from surgery or an accident. Through an intravenous line in one of your blood vessels, new blood that is matched or compatible with your blood type is introduced into your body....
The National Cancer Institute says non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a group of cancers of the lymphatic system. This system includes certain infection-fighting white blood cells called, lymphocytes, the lymph nodes and network of lymph vessels, and the...
Blood transfusion risks range from mild to severe reactions. Some occur infrequently, while others are more common. Some occur within minutes, and others can take weeks to manifest. Risks depend, in part, on the blood product being transfused....
If you are a candidate for a bone marrow transplant, or BMT, your doctor might discuss the use of probiotics. There is currently no formal consensus among transplant centers concerning the use of probiotics in BMT, but some centers do use them in...
