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Article: Bone marrow transplants: from Chernobyl to cancer therapy. (includes related article on a bone marrow donor registry)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- April 1, 1987
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1987 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Bone Marrow Transplants: From Chernobyl to Cancer Therapy
It was one year ago this month that clouds of radioactivedust and smoke settled over the cities of Chernobyl and Kiev in the Soviet Union after a nuclear rezctor exploded. Immediately, Russian and American doctors rushed to perform a dramatic medical treatment that, until the disaster made it front-page news, most people had never heard of: bone marrow transplant.
Bone marrow is the substance within the cavities of certainflat bones--such as the sternum, pelvis and vertebrae--that each day produces billions of rudimentary cells (known as stem cells) that develop into a variety of blood cells: white ...