How bones make blood - Melody Smith
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Bones might seem rock-solid, but they’re actually quite porous inside. Most of the large bones of your skeleton have a hollow core filled with soft bone marrow. Marrow's most essential elements are blood stem cells and for patients with advanced blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma, the best chance for a cure is often a bone marrow transplant. How does this procedure work? Melody Smith explains.
If someone wants to serve as the potential donor for a patient in need of a bone marrow transplant, then what are the potential ways in which they can donate their bone marrow?
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- Educator Melody Smith, Melody Smith
- Director Igor Coric, Igor Coric
- Narrator Bethany Cutmore-Scott, Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Animator Igor Coric
- Storyboard Artist Igor Coric
- Art Director Igor Coric
- Sound Designer Cem Misirlioglu
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Fact-Checker Laura Shriver, Joseph Isaac
