A bone marrow transplant process co-developed by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center is safe and curative for adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a trial ...

Blood and marrow transplantation, or BMT, for blood cancers is a medical miracle, but it comes with significant risks. Fred Hutch hematologist Marco Mielcarek, MD, PhD, has received a five-year, $3.5 ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Johns Hopkins Children's Center report that bone marrow transplant using half-matched family donors achieved a 96% ...

A blood and marrow transplant (BMT) is a treatment used for certain cancer types that works by resetting the body’s ability to make healthy blood cells. It does this by replacing damaged or destroyed ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At an age when most teenagers are focused on school, sports and the future, Los Angeles teenager Vaughn Wilson was fighting for his life. Diagnosed with leukemia just ...

An updated systematic review of seven randomised trials finds that exercise rehabilitation after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation is safe and improves walking distance and leg strength, with ...

A 9-year-old girl with sickle cell disease was set to receive a bone marrow transplant from her 13-year-old brother, but the ...

Los Angeles high school senior Vaughn Wilson and two-time cancer survivor Lynn Leiro of Alhambra, California, will meet their unrelated donors for the first time at City of Hope’s annual BMT Reunion ...