Learn about acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), its sneaky symptoms, aggressive nature, and how bone marrow produces defective ...

Stem cells produce blood cells and platelets in the bone marrow Bone marrow is a spongy organ that fills the center of various bones of your body. It is where stem cells produce red and white ...

What Is a Bone Marrow Transplant? A bone marrow transplant is a surgery that replaces damaged or diseased bone marrow with healthy marrow. Bone marrow is a spongy material inside your bones where ...

What Are Blood and Bone Marrow Cancers? Bone marrow cancer is a form of cancer that starts in the spongy tissue -- the marrow -- inside your bones. Marrow’s main job is to make blood cells.

In the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, surgical resident Izzy agrees to donate bone marrow. In a scene that likely made donation professionals cringe, Izzy grimaced on the operating table as the ...

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 ...

In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells build up inside bone marrow -- the spongy tissue inside large bones where blood cells are produced. Over time, myeloma cells cause damage to bones ...

For many years, scientists assumed that blood production took place in the bone marrow. But now, researchers at UC San Francisco are showing it’s also happening in the lungs. They found hematopoietic ...

Looking for information on Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplants? With our Cancer Consortium partners at Seattle Children’s, we also specialize in pediatric BMTs. Learn more about Pediatric BMT Blood and ...