How to Use bone marrow in a Sentence

bone marrow

noun
  • Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • One is strontium-90, which can cause cancer in bones and bone marrow, as well as leukemia.
    Hart Rapaport, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The drug could be used to replace bone marrow transplants.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Roasted bone marrow is cooled, carved from the bone and served as nigiri.
    Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that changes how bone marrow functions.
    Barbara Brody, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The new treatments are technically not a cure in the same way a bone marrow transplant would be.
    Dr. Darien Sutton-Ramsey, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • His son David said the cause was myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare form of blood and bone marrow cancer.
    Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • To do so, chemotherapy is used to destroy the patient’s bone marrow.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Two of the treatments were high dose and required a bone marrow transplant to recover.
    Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
  • So, at two years old, Amelia received Shawen's life-saving bone marrow.
    Akira Kumamoto, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Earlier this month, a bone marrow donor was confirmed and a transplant date was set for next month.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
  • That's the case with the roasted bone marrow, a European delicacy that's served in a very Flagstaff way.
    Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2022
  • Alcohol of any type does affect the bone marrow and is one of the more common causes of low platelets and anemia.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Yes, bone marrow belongs in a taco, as Jenn Harris informs us.
    Daniel Hernandezfood Editor, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
  • The lymph system is part of the immune system, which is made up of lymph, lymph vessels, lymph nodes, the spleen, thymus, tonsils and bone marrow.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 June 2023
  • Nearly a year after a bone marrow transplant for which his sister was the donor, he’s been doing well.
    Alison Bowen, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The researchers looked at the gene expression in leukocytes, which are white blood cells made in the bone marrow that create proteins to ward off pathogens.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • The list includes leukemia and blood cancer of the bone marrow, which are both blood disorders that can be life-threatening.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Once that’s complete, stem cells are taken from the patient’s bone marrow and sent to a lab where they’re modified.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The new treatment does not come with the risk of graft versus host disease the way that a traditional bone marrow transplant does.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Suleika said this was her first public outing in a year, since her bone marrow transplant.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Our bone marrow, which makes our blood cells, works feverishly to churn out replacements but can’t keep up.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Doctors tried to treat Alyssa with chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, but her cancer came back.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2022
  • In each case, a parent donated stem cells taken from bone marrow, as well as a kidney.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 15 June 2022
  • And the number of living donors of color -- people who donate things such as a kidney, part of a liver or bone marrow -- stands at about 29%.
    Eryn Mathewson, CNN, 4 July 2022
  • The more people who sign up to be potential bone marrow donors, the greater the chances for a patient to match with someone who can provide a life-saving transplant.
    Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
  • Imaoka said that whole body-MRIs can pick up multiple myeloma—cancer that has spread to the bone marrow (metastases).
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 8 Feb. 2023
  • As of now, the only cure for Vexas is a bone marrow transplant, a procedure that carries substantial risks.
    WIRED, 14 Feb. 2023
  • In humans and other rodents, nearly all immune cells are manufactured in the bustling hub of the bone marrow.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Gotong Batangas — a beef soup enriched with bone marrow and cuts of tendon, shank and tripe — has a golden aura at its brothy edges.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022

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