Transplantation and Medical Surgery

Bone marrow transplant

A bone marrow transplant may be a procedure to switch broken or destroyed bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. Bone marrow is that the soft, animal tissue within your bones. Stem cells area unit immature cells within the bone marrow that create to any or all of your totally different blood cells. Before the transplant, therapy, radiation, or each is also given. This could be tired a pair of ways: High-dose therapy, radiation, or each area unit given to kill any cancer cells. This conjointly kills all healthy bone marrow that continues to be, and permits new stem cells to grow within the bone marrow. Reduced intensity treatment, conjointly referred to as a mini transplant. Lower doses of therapy and radiation area unit given before a transplant. This permits older individuals, and people with different health issues to possess a transplant.