Comment on Girl, 8, first UK transplant patient not to need life-long drugs in breakthrough
Nashua@programming.dev 9 months agoIt’s called periphery blood stem cell donation apparently. Was curious and went looking. Linked in case you’re curious too.
There is another method that that isn’t really applicable here, which comes from donated umbilical cords and placentas that would otherwise be thrown away.
HubertManne@kbin.social 9 months ago
you know I did a search and saw those but was not sure it applied since the article specifically said bone marrow which made me think the other stem cells would not suffice.
Nashua@programming.dev 9 months ago
That may just be the reporter simplifying to match the newspaper’s target audience.
There are different types of stem cell, true. My guess is that they’re talking about hematopoietic stem cells (hence bone marrow), and those are also found in the blood stream and collectible through periphery donation. The first link actually talks about PBSC donation in terms of bone marrow transplants in the opening paragraph.