After signing up to be a donor in 2017, Mya Linklater was excited to learn that she had the opportunity to save a young child ...

In bone marrow biopsy, a larger hollow needle is inserted into the posterior iliac crest and twisted to extract a cylinder-shaped or "core" sample of bone with bone marrow inside.

Bone marrow was collected from fetal and adult cadavers, from ribs removed at surgery and from aspiration biopsy of the ilium. Irrespective of source, it was passed repeatedly through a stainless ...

A new bone marrow imaging technique could change treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and musculoskeletal disorders. Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have developed a powerful ...

Army Sgt. Derrick Bishop, 23, needs a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with aplastic anemia. After a call went out on social media, thousands of soldiers and veterans nationwide showed ...

Bone marrow or blood donations involve blood stem cells and often do not require surgery. Peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) donation is a non-invasive method which uses an IV to collect cells for ...

During the early days of research on bone marrow transplants, the procedure was difficult for patients to endure and had a miserable track record because of thorny complications that many experts ...