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Topic: Bone Marrow Cells

Vital Stats

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Favorite possession(s):

Smallpox vaccine, Mobile phone

Currently has on their coffee table:

New Scientist

Favorite body part(s):

Lungs, Brain, Skin

Favorite food(s):

Anything with salt

Favorite animal(s):

Wasps

Interest(s):

Biology

Favorite movie(s):

Dead Poets Society

Favorite computer game(s):

Minesweeper

Favorite sportsperson(s):

Lou Gehrig (baseball)

Medical note(s):

Undergoing therapy, Has cancer, Uses laxatives

Ultimate fantasy(s):

Cloning themselves

Favorite drink(s):

Milk

Favorite quote(s):

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying." - Woody Allen (1935-)
"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
"God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time." - Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky affair

Expert Talk

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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker

The cells evaluated in this assay are erythrocyte populations in either the peripheral blood or bone marrow compartment.

Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplants place financial burdens on Canadian families even though the country has a standardized healthcare system.

Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Bone marrow can be used for the purpose of giving a person healthy stem cells that grow into blood cells or peripheral blood can be used to give a person healthy stem cells.
There is some promising work showing that stem cells from adult bone marrow or from fat can form cartilage.

Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

Bone marrow stem cells have been shown to have the capability of migrating to sites of blood vessel synthesis and maturing into blood vessel cells.

Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Cells transfected with the appropriate growth factor genes and injected into appropriate sites in the marrow space should therefore stimulate bone formation at these sites.
These cells share many properties of bone marrow stromal stem cells and are capable of differentiating into several cell lineages.
Because stem cells have a lower density than other bone marrow cells researchers were able to isolate them in a centrifuge.

Josh Hogan,
Commander

We are investigating which chemotherapy drug will mobilize the most bone marrow stem cells while minimizing detrimental effects to the immune system.

David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

Bone marrow transplants are an example of cell therapy in which the stem cells in a donor's marrow are used to replace the blood cells of the victims of leukemia and other cancers.
Myeloma cells prevent the bone marrow from forming normal plasma cells and other white blood cells important to the immune system so patients may not be able to fight infections.
A bone marrow transplant requires the patient to be exposed to very high doses of chemotherapy to kill off their bone marrow before healthy bone marrow cells are replaced.

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