Blood
is produces in Bone marrow, the place where most of the cancers occur or start.
Blood Cancers like( Leukemia, myeloma, lymphoma affects the production and
functioning of blood cells as a result of this blood cells lack their function
in fighting off injections and prevention of serious bleeding.
For
many patients with blood cancer the best and the only way to cure it is the
stem cell transplant which is a part of their treatment. In this stem cell
transplant a new immune system is developed by the donor stem cell which has the
potential to view cancer cells as foreign and lead to their suppression.
The
patients who need transplant do not have matching donor in their family,
according to surveys there are 70 percent of patience with this instance. Hence
they have to rely on international cooperative registries or “Be the Match
Registry” through National Marrow Donor Program. Yet 6 out of 10 patients
cannot find a genetic in the impressive 11 million donor registries. For diverse
ancestry the probability is even low.
Those
who register mail back a swab of cheek cells that are used for tissue typing
and matching. On an average a total of 500 members will be selected to donate
their stem cells in the span of two days. There are two ways of donation the
Peripheral blood stem cell donation is non-surgical, this process of collection
of stem cells take a six year period via peripheral blood. The other is
surgical process which takes about 1-2 hours and it is performed under
anesthesia where marrow cells are collected with a syringe from pelvic bone.
By Ellen Barrett
16-11-2018
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