This column describes how to obtain a bone marrow sample by way of aspiration from the iliac crest and proximal humerus of the dog and cat for the assessment and diagnosis of bone marrow disease.

The drive is seeking 300 swabs to match blood stem cell donors with cancer patients; 70% rely on strangers for life-saving ...

An airman and a Ramstein High School junior teamed up to register potential bone marrow donors for Salute to Life.

The C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program works exclusively ... Then the actual testing is done with taking a sample from a person with four cheek swabs.

Flow cytometry tests can also help identify CLL cells in a person’s bone marrow and other bodily fluids. A doctor may take a sample of bone marrow to test. The marrow sample is commonly ...

Conventional cytogenetic analysis in the newly diagnosed leukemia patient relies on the presence of mitotically active dividing cells, which usually means that a bone marrow specimen must be ...

A definitive diagnosis can be provided only after a specialist called a hematopathologist examines a sample of your bone marrow. A very basic blood test called a CBC can determine whether the numbers ...

In the bone-marrow specimens we noted many large cells similar to those just described, with multilobed nuclei ranging from 14 to 32 microns in greatest diameter. The nuclear chromatin was ...