A bone marrow biopsy is a medical procedure used to collect a small sample of bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones where blood cells are made. This test helps a physician ...

Patients with a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer could soon have their chances of survival doubled as a groundbreaking trial to detect the disease earlier concludes. Scientists working on the ...

A highly sensitive test that detects traces of disease in the bone marrow of patients with a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer could help double their chances of survival, a first-of-its-kind ...

In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells build up inside bone marrow -- the spongy tissue inside large bones where blood cells are produced. Over time, myeloma cells cause damage to bones, kidneys, ...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a form of cancer that leads to an atypically high level of lymphocytes within the bone marrow. Tests, such as a bone marrow biopsy, can determine how advanced CLL ...

Anemia and thrombocytopenia cause low levels of red blood cells and platelets. This can cause fatigue and bleeding problems. Thrombocytopenia is a low platelet count. Platelets, also known as ...

He became the first patient in Uganda to undergo a bone marrow transplant performed entirely on Ugandan soil by a local team of doctors and specialists at UCI. After 22 days in intensive isolation at ...