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  • The major application of HSCs is HSC tranplantation.

  • Bone marrow transplant is one type of HSC transplantation, a proportion of which is allogeneic.

    • ​Allogeneic transplantation: transplantation of cells, tissues, or organs, to a recipient from a genetically non-identical donor of the same species (from one person to another)

  • HSC transplantation can be autologous, which eliminate the risk of immune response.

    • ​Autologous transplantation: transplantation in which stem cells are removed, stored, and later given back to the same person

HOW can HSCs help us?

A short video demonstrating autologous bone marrow transplant

  • HSC transplantation can be used to treat different types of leukemia, lymphoma, anemia, immune difficiency syndromes, etc.

    • ​Leukemia: a group of cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal (not fully developed) white blood cells

    • Lymphoma: a group of blood cell tumors that develop from lymphatic cells

    • Anemia: a decrease in the amount of red blood cells in the blood, or a lowered ability of the blood to carry oxygen

    • Immunodeficiency: the immune system's ability to fight infectious disease is compromised or entirely absent

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