What are some of the successful uses of autologous transplantation of adult bone marrow and other types of stem cells?
Bone marrow cells and mesenchymal stem cells have been used therapeutically to renew marrow and blood cells in patients who have cancer, and/or have been irradiated, and need a transplant to replace tumor cells and/or to be activated to fight the tumor cells during replacement, or who are transplanted after high dose chemotherapy or radiation therapy. The cells are also used to repair some bone or cartilage lesions during surgery, and have recently been used to repair heart muscle defects.
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