marrow
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Research focused on using chemotherapy and radiation to wipe out diseased bone marrow, then infusing healthy donor cells to create a new immune system capable of attacking cancer and rebuilding the body’s defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The drugs targeted rapidly dividing cancer cells in the marrow, but in doing so further damaged an already compromised blood- and immune-making system, often leaving patients defenseless against infection and bleeding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Each year, more than 128,000 people in the United States receive solid organ or bone marrow transplants.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
The researchers found no trace of the virus in samples of the man's blood, gut and bone marrow.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Estraven nodded, and neatly cracked a legbone for the marrow.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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