DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What’s involved in becoming a bone marrow donor? A person can become a bone marrow donor in two ways. One is to donate to someone you know, usually a family member, who needs a bone ...

As Bone Marrow Stem Cell Donation and Leukaemia Awareness Month approaches, the importance of demystifying bone marrow donation has never been clearer. Murray Hewlett, CEO of Affinity Health, ...

Thousands of people each year find themselves in need of a life-saving procedure involving bone marrow from a donor. One soldier at Fort Bliss, Texas, saw the need for donors and took matters into his ...

Do you want to give the gift of life? Every day, lives are saved through organ and bone marrow donation – but the decision to become a donor is personal. Other WRAL Top Stories WRAL News spoke with ...

DALLAS - Jeramy Thomas checked into Children's Medical Center Dallas hoping a bone marrow transplant would save his life. His father was his perfect match. I'm blessed, yes, he said. But, not lost on ...

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas — Every three minutes, about one person is diagnosed with a form of blood cancer for which the treatment could require a bone marrow transplant with healthy bone marrow ...

The bone marrow registry, and how it leads to people saving lives of strangers, can boost faith in the goodness of humanity. “It’s kind of fascinating,” says Dr. Kevin Rakszawski, a blood cancer ...

MCPHERSON, Kan. (KWCH) - An 11-year-old girl from McPherson with a rare disorder had the opportunity to meet the man credited for saving her life. Growing up in McPherson with her siblings, Brooklyn ...

In India, thousands of patients battling life-threatening blood disorders like leukemia, lymphoma, thalassemia, and aplastic anemia are waiting for a second chance at life. For many, that hope lies in ...