Bone Marrow Harvest: A White Paper of Best Practices by the NMDP Marrow Alliance

Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) is a life-saving procedure for treatment of a variety of devastating diseases. NMDP was established in 1987 to facilitate alloHCT from anonymous, volunteer, adult unrelated donors (URDs) to patients in need. Bone marrow (BM) has been used as a source of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) from the 1960s1 and is collected via a BM harvest (BMH) procedure. There has been a significant decrease in the use of BM as a stem cell source since the advent of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) grafts.

Source: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation - April 17, 2024 Category: Hematology Authors: Mark A. Murakami, Laura Connelly-Smith, Thomas Spitzer, Adetola A. Kassim, Sam L. Penza, Monzr M. Al Malki, James Mason, Chelsa Tourville, Brandon Magliocco, Jacklyn Barten, Hope Guidry-Groves, Jamie Margolis, Steven M. Devine, Wolfgang P. Rennert, Heathe Source Type: research