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Current Congress. Committees of Interest. Legislative Resources. Recent Public Laws. Search Search. Cancer Information Summaries. Adult Treatment. Pediatric Treatment. Cancer Screening. Cancer Prevention. Cancer Genetics. Red bone marrow is primarily found in the medullary cavity of flat bones such as the sternum and pelvic girdle. This type of bone marrow contains hematopoietic stem cells, which are the stem cells that form blood cells. Hematopoietic stem cells can turn into three types of blood cells, all of which have important functions that help keep a person alive and healthy.
The three types of blood cells formed from the stem cells within red bone marrow are:. The second type of bone marrow found in the body is yellow bone marrow, which gets its name from its high concentration of fat cells, which appear yellow in color.
This type of bone marrow can be found in the medullary cavity in the shaft of long bones and is often surrounded by a layer of red bone marrow. Yellow bone marrow contains mesenchymal stem cells marrow stromal cells , which produce cartilage, fat and bone. Yellow bone marrow also aids in the storage of fats in cells called adipocytes. This helps maintain the right environment and provides the sustenance that bones need to function. As previously discussed, the function of bone marrow is to produce different types of cells that are vital to sustaining life.
A number of circumstances can affect the health of bone marrow and impair its ability to produce a normal amount of healthy cells. A bone marrow transplant, in which healthy bone marrow is administered to a patient via a central line, may be necessary in these instances.
A bone marrow transplant can help to:. At Moffitt Cancer Center, the experts in our Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy Program perform bone marrow transplants as a treatment option for certain types of cancer and other conditions in which the marrow is affected. Another source of stem cells is the blood found in the placenta of a newborn baby once the umbilical cord is cut.
Umbilical cord blood UCB has been successfully used as a source of bone marrow stem cells for transplantation in both related and unrelated patients. It is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace the advice of your child's doctor or other health care provider. We encourage you to discuss any questions or concerns you may have with your child's provider. Bone marrow makes stem cells, which produce platelets and white and red blood cells.
Here's why those cells are important to your child's health. A bone marrow transplant BMT restores healthy bone marrow in children with stem cell defects, cancer and certain inherited diseases. Get more info. Bone marrow donors may be relatives including siblings or unrelated volunteers. Find out what happens before, during and after bone marrow donation. Aplastic anemia. Ewing's sarcoma. Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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