Why do we need more bone marrow donors?

Bone marrow is tissue found inside bones that is responsible for the development and storage of most of the body's blood cells.

The goal of a bone marrow transplant is to cure many diseases and types of cancer. Sometimes the doses of chemotherapy or radiation needed to cure a cancer are so high that a person's bone marrow stem cells will be permanently damaged or destroyed by the treatment. In these cases, a bone marrow transplant may be needed. Bone marrow transplants may also be needed if the bone marrow has been destroyed by a disease.

Leukemias,  Severe aplastic anemia,  Lymphomas,  Multiple myeloma,  Immune deficiency disorders,  Some solid-tumor cancers (in rare circumstances)

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