Sometimes children with leukemia need to receive new bone marrow to make them better. This is called a bone marrow transplant. There must be a good match between the bone marrow of the donor and patient for the transplant to work. If the transplant is a success, the new bone marrow begins to make normal blood cells and the patient gets better. Sick Kids researchers are learning how bone marrow works and found the special type of bone marrow cell that grows all our blood.
Scientists seek ways to use unmatched bone marrow in a transplant.
They also discover ways to keep the body from rejecting transplanted bone marrow. All rights reserved.