Life-saving stem cell transplants have been limited by the need to perfectly match the blood types of donors and recipients, ...

William “Ed” Carruthers, 73, was on vacation in Arizona when he noticed some pain in his back. He thought it was an injury to a disc in his spine. Three weeks later, when Carruthers got his blood work ...

A bone marrow transplant is a medical process in which faulty or damaged stem cells are replaced with healthy ones. Our bone ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, March 24, 2025 – Imagine being so weak that you can barely walk, you have a constant headache, and you can’t think clearly because your brain isn’t ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Medical University of South Carolina reports that the survival rate for patients in their Bone and Marrow Transplant Program is higher than the national average. A ...

Jazmyne Guillen is a third-grader at Vintage Christian Academy in Harker Heights. She loves to dress up, the color pink and ...

"The bone marrow transplant is a life-saving procedure. It is a risky procedure for a risky disease," Tolar said. But, Tolar emphasized that Lizzie's transplant team is made up of 10 doctors, nurses ...

17-year-old Stella Benedict has aplastic anemia, a serious condition for which she is in need of a bone marrow transplant. Aplastic anemia causes the bone marrow to not produce enough blood cells, ...

A boy in California may have saved his father from a deadly returning cancer by becoming one of if not the world's youngest ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

A Sarasota toddler born with a rare immune disorder can only receive a life-saving bone marrow transplant at the National ...