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Diseases can be treated by Bone Marrow Transplant? A bone marrow transplant also called a blood stem cell transplant or BMT can treat many diseases. For some diseases, BMT is the only potential cure. There are over 70 diseases that can be treated by BMT. Some of them are listed here. Patients undergo transplant for a wide variety of malignant and non-malignant conditions including: Malignant conditions Hematologic Malignancies Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Solid Tumors Neuroblastoma Brain tumors Ewing sarcoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Non-Malignant Conditions Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes Aplastic anemia Fanconi Anemia Hemoglobinopathies Sickle cell anemia Thalassemia Primary Immune Deficiencies Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome (SCID) Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome Chronic Granulomatous Disease Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis  Read more...

Bone Marrow Transplant India What is Bone Marrow? Bone marrow surgery in India A part of bones called “bone marrow” create blood cells. Marrow is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones. Bone marrow produces blood cells called “hematopoietic” stem cells. These cells will develop into many different kinds of cells. They can turn into more bone marrow cells. Or they can turn into any type of blood cell. Certain cancers and different types of diseases keep hematopoietic stem cells from developing normally. If they’re not normal, neither are the blood cells that they make. A stem cell transplant provides you new stem cells. The new stem cells can make new, healthy blood cells. It creates the following parts of the blood.   What is a Bone Marrow Transplant? Red Blood Cells: which carry oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. White Blood Cells: which fight infection. Platelets: which are responsible for the formation of clots. Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) is...