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UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio — What started as mysterious bruising quickly turned into a life-changing diagnosis for 8-year-old Kaia ...

A highly sensitive test that detects traces of disease in the bone marrow of patients with a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer could help double their chances of survival, a new trial has ...

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 ...

In some instances, patients with this cancer might want to undergo a bone marrow transplant. Healthy blood stem cells are infused to replace the diseased bone marrow. Before Turner’s cancer ...

These stem cells are highly active when sourced from umbilical cord blood but remain in a "dormant" and inactive state when obtained from adult bone marrow donors. Using modified mRNA technology ...

AML is a cancer which causes the bone marrow to produce a large number of abnormal blood cells and around 3,100 people are diagnosed in the UK each year. The risk of developing the disease ...

He was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a rare bone marrow disease. The condition causes the body to stop producing enough new blood cells, leaving patients fatigued and ...

A highly sensitive test that detects traces of disease in the bone marrow of patients with a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer could help double their chances of survival, a first-of-its ...

Doctors told the family Kaia suffers from severe aplastic anemia, a disorder where her bone marrow no longer produces blood cells. It’s a one in 10,000 occurrence, and her only chance of ...