what year was the bone marrow transplant invented?
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Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a medical procedure in the field of hematology and oncology that involves transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). It is most often performed for people with diseases of the blood or bone marrow, or certain types of cancer. Bone marrow transplantation was pioneered in the 1970's by E. Donnall Thomas whose work was later recognized with a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. Dr. Thomas' work showed that bone marrow cells infused intravenously could repopulate the bone marrow and produce new blood cells. His work also reduced the likelihood of developing a life-threatening complication called Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). However it remains a risky procedure and it is reserved for patients with life threatening diseases.
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In 1893, the first successful American open-heart surgery was performed by a Black Doctor. \n\nDr. Daniel Hale Williams completed the operation on a young man named James Cornish. He had been rushed to Provident Hospital in Chicago with a stab wound.
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I am for it. Esp if it can help cure diseases that we can not prevent with any other alternative method. Why wouldnt anyone want to spend more time with the ones they love. I do understand that stem cells come from aborted fetuses. But if we can use the stem cells that are collected to better help everyone then we should do what we can with what we have. But lets not start creating abortions to just harvest stem cell. I am healthy.
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donation only became possible when anti-coagulants became available around the time of the Spanish civil war. which had the first front line transfusion set up.
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My husband received a stem cell transplant for Lymphoma, not MS.  I can help with questions regarding the collection process, but I would imagine the transplant itself would vary, since the diseases vary.\n\nThe stem cell transplant worked with my husband, and he has been lymphoma-free for 6 years.  If no one else can give you the info you need, you can email me and I can help as much as possible.  But you can probably accompany your brother to his physician and get more valuable advice than here on Answers.  Good luck.
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Charles Gabriel Pravaz (1791-1853), French surgeon, and Alexander Wood (1817-1884), Scottish physician, independently invented the hypodermic syringe. It is first used to inject morphine as a painkiller
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Dr. Charles R. Drew\n\nHis dissertation was on the condition of blood stored in blood banks, and the method of storing blood as plasma (sans white or red blood cells) to increase storage life. He then supervised the blood-plasma division of New York City's Blood Transfusion Association, which was involved in collecting blood for the British Army.\n\nThe storage of blood in plasma form has saved untold lives since Drew brought the process forward in the thirties, and he created the model for blood and plasma storage that is used by the Red Cross even today. His importance to modern medicine cannot be overstated.
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There is nothing specific invented between 2004-2006.\nTHe last invention is this\n2001: Digital satellite radio \n2001: Artificial heart \n\nCheck the the list of inventors and read about them from the below link\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors
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Every day more and newer methods are developed for hair transplants.\nSee a doctor affiliated with a teaching institution to get the latest information
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Bone marrow is the tissue that produces the very immune system cells that attack transplanted organs. Since bone marrow is a transplant, it will not attack itself, since it recognizes its own cells. Therefore, bone marrow is not rejected. Sometimes, however, the immune system cells that transplanted bone marrow produces may not recognize host tissues (since they "look" foreign to them) and may start attacking them. In a sense, the transplant "rejects" the host. This phenomenon is called graft-versus-host disease.
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The cost depends on so many variables. My daughter's cord blood transplants (for AML) each cost in excess of $250,000, but luckily we had insurance. I wouldn't recommend going through treatment for AML without insurance unless you had no other choice.
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I already totally support stem cell research, but I was really impressed by that news. I really hope a cure for MS and other spinal afflictions is in the very near future.\n\n\nGod Bless You
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Thats all I could find. Hope it helps.\n\n\nhttp://www.cfcc.cc.fl.us/news/archive/stemcells102705.htm
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No, there are different types.  \n\nFor example, there are adult and embryonic stem cells.\n\nAdult stem cells can be extracted from your bone marrow.  There has been more success with them when used in your own body since there is a lowered risk of rejection.
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A bone graft, you mean? My sister had one of those after she got hit by a boat ... I'm not sure why it would hurt so bad five years later though...
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First Heart Transplant\nOn December 3, 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard conducted the first heart transplant on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky. The surgery was a success. However, the medications that were given to Washkansky to prevent his immune system from attacking the new heart also supressed his body's ability to fight off other illnesses. Eighteen days after the operation, Washkansky died of double pneumonia.
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Hi Andrea, Here is some comforting news but not to the specific question . I have advanced emphysema myself and will be searching for more information myself.Tulane University's Center for Gene Therapy has received a $9.5 million federal grant to develop treatments using adult stem cells for emphysema, cystic fibrosis and asbestos-related lung disease. \nThe AMA does not recognize this treatment for COPD/emphysema. The FDA does not approve nor disapprove, as it is a treatment. The FDA does not regulate treatments.\nLive Cell Therapy Treatments have been practiced in Europe for more than 50 years successfully and in Mexico for 20 years.