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What is bone marrow/stem cell transplantation?

Resource type: Frequently Asked Questions  —  Date posted: February 26th, 2019   Number of views: 502


What is bone marrow/stem cell transplantation?

Bone marrow/stem cell transplantation replaces a patient’s bone marrow/stem cells with those from a healthy, matching donor. 

A patient’s old, faulty bone marrow is destroyed to make way for the stem cells.

This leaves the patient in a weakened state for some time, with long stays in hospital likely.

However, there are many people who have been successfully treated after having suffered the symptoms of DBA.

A stem cell transplant is only considered after every other treatment avenue has been exhausted. 

Siblings have a 1 in 4 chance of being a match.