A bone marrow transplant, or stem cell transplant, places blood stem cells back into the body. The transplant replaces cells that cancer or treatments have destroyed. People may have a bone marrow ...

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 had ...

A debate simmers over the ethics of having a child to save another. Nov. 6, 2007— -- Most parents would do anything to keep their children safe. But what can parents do when their child is sick ...

The second-grader who beat leukemia met his bone marrow donor live on "GMA." — -- An 8-year-old cancer survivor met the stranger who donated her bone marrow to him for the very first time on ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — After four years of searching for a bone marrow donor, a Richmond family will finally get the procedure needed to cure their son’s sickle cell anemia. Five-year-old Zion Ortiz, ...

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a blood test that could transform the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma (MM) and its precursor conditions. The new method, known ...

Army Sgt. Derrick Bishop needs a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with aplastic anemia but has not found a match yet Sgt. Derrick Bishop was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a rare bone ...

When the call went out over social media that Army Sgt. Derrick Bishop, of the 82nd Airborne Division, needed a bone marrow transplant, thousands responded in person and online. On Monday, more than 1 ...

For months, doctors in Michigan had been searching for a bone marrow donor for a 68-year-old African American patient. She had been treated for acute myeloid leukemia once before, but the fast-growing ...

HOLLADAY, Utah — A family in Holladay has just days to try to find a match for a bone marrow donation and save their young son’s life. Though you’d never know it by looking at the vivacious young man, ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (KGTV) — As Escondido Union High School District students return to school on Tuesday, one teenager, set to start 9th grade with his friends, isn't there yet. 14-year-old Chase Riehl ...