Bone Marrow Transplant

This week in class we learned names of two types of bones that are in our bodies.  The first type of bone is known as the trabecular or spongy bone.  The trabecular bone is not found throughout the whole bone.  The trabecular bone is found at the ends of the bone.  It also provides us with weight-bearing support.  The cortical or compact bone is on the outsides of the shaft of the long bone.  I am aware that stem cells can be taken from our bone marrow.  I was not previously aware that the bone marrow comes from the spongy bone instead of the compact bone(link below).  The bone marrow donor must have cells that mach that of the recipient's.  This type of transplant is called an allogenic transplant.  For those who have cancer, new healthy cells can help kill cancer cells.  Allogenic transplants are commonly used for bone marrow cancer and other bone diseases. 

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