What is bone marrow transplantation?

What is bone marrow transplantation?
It is the process of removing the diseased bone marrow in a patient and replacing it with healthy bone marrow stem cells from a donor.
Who needs a bone marrow transplant?
• Advanced cancers
• Blood cancers that cannot be treated with chemotherapy
• Genetic bone marrow diseases like thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, etc.
• Aplastic anemia
Who can be a donor for a bone marrow transplant?
Usually, the siblings or parents of the patient are preferred to be donors.
Watch Dr. Vinod Gunasekaran, Consultant in Hematology at Kauvery Hospital talk about the bone marrow transplantation procedure.
00:00 - 00:20 Introduction
00:21 - 00:53 What is bone marrow transplantation?
00:54 - 01:23 Who needs bone marrow transplant?
01:24 - 03:01 Who can be a donor for bone marrow transplant?
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