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By Hedin Johan
Have you ever heard of bone marrow transplantation (BMT)? Do you know what it is? What it is for? Or how it is done? But first of all let’s start with the basics. Bone marrow is a spongy sort of material that is found inside of our bones. Its main function is to produces special cells known as stem cells. Stem cells are the cells which the red blood cells – charged with a task to carry oxygen throughout the entire body’s blood vessels, the white blood cells - help the body to fight off foreign substances and infections, and the platelets – help fasten the blood clotting procedure - are being produced from.
Any damage of the bone marrow results in having the stem cells no longer able to create normal blood cells. Any disruption to the production of blood cells can be very serious, thus, this is where BMT comes in. BMT is the procedure of taking a healthy sample of stem cells belonging to a healthy donor and injecting it into the patient’s bone marrow. However, injection of the donor’s bone marrow can also be spared if, after examination, the patient’s own bone marrow can be taken from another part of the body and treated with. The bone marrow, after the harvest, would be going under the sterility to make sure it is cleared of any diseased cells. This is known as an Autologous Transplant. Either way, these new stem cells will take over the charges of the blood cells production.
Due to the advances in medical technology, it is also possible to get stem cells from other sources than from bone marrow. One example is from the umbilical cord of a new born baby. Another way is by peripheral blood (PBSC) donation; done by injecting a special medicine into the donor’s blood which causes the stem cells to filter out of their bone marrow and into their bloodstream. Their blood can then be taken and given to the patient – similar to the blood donation procedure. Some other conditions that need transplantation are Leukemia (mutation
occurred within the white blood cells that start to malfunction) and Thalassaemia (an inherited condition which interferes with the production of red blood cells), for example.
Stem cell transplant is a complicated procedure involving many risks. The reason is because each and everyone has a special marker or code in their tissue known as “human leukocyte antigen” or HLA type. And if the transplant tissue has a different HLA type, then it’s highly likely that the receiver’s immune system will regard those as a foreign object and initiate a rejection course. Vice versa, the cells from the transplant could recognize the rest of the receiver’s body as a foreign object and start attacking it. The phenomenon is known as “graft versus host disease” (GVHD). There is also a chance of the infection development due to the condition the patient is in before having the transplant, weakening one’s own immune system. That is why transplants are only recommended to the patient in a relatively good health. The stem cells are also available from relatives with a resembling trait, but chances are that, they are rather hard to find ones with the least differences or none at all. Article Source: http://www.upublish.info About the Author:
Hedin Johan
At Samitivej Hospital, there is a new solution for bone marrow transplant in Thailand for patient with blood cancers, solid tumors, blood diseases, or immune and genetic diseases. Bone marrow transplant in Bangkok solves the problem of bone marrow malfunction being exposed to chemotherapy.
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