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  • This Synthetic Bone Implant Could Replace Painful Marrow Transplants

    This Synthetic Bone Implant Could Replace Painful Marrow Transplants

    Kristen V. Brown

    Thanks to advances in medicine, bone marrow transplants are no longer the last resorts they once were. Every year, thousands of marrow transplants are performed, a common treatment for ailments from bone marrow disease to leukaemia. But because they first require a patient undergo radiation to kill off any existing bone marrow stem cells, marrow…