Researchers estimate that about 20% of patients who undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction will develop posttraumatic osteoarthritis (OA) within 10 years after surgery. That ...

Bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) is a common treatment for joint injuries. The invasive therapy involves extracting bone marrow—often from the hip—and concentrating it to preserve stem cells ...

Human bone marrow under the microscope. UC Davis researchers have developed engineered bone marrow, which can be used to study treatments for osteosarcoma, one of the deadliest cancers in humans and ...

BMT has revolutionized the treatment of several severe pediatric disorders, including thalassemia major, severe aplastic anemia, immunodeficiency disorders, high-risk blood cancers, and certain ...

New Delhi: The thought of a bone marrow transplant often sends people into a state of panic. As the first thing that people relate bone marrow transplant to is a risky surgery performed in an ...

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 baby boy is set to save his big sister’s life by donating bone marrow for a transplant operation before his first birthday. Jacob Davis, who is just 10 months old, will undergo grueling surgery to ...

WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey high school principal who had agreed to donate bone marrow to a 14-year-old stranger in France has died, weeks after he lapsed into a coma during the procedure, his ...