Leukemia patient receives first-ever bone marrow transplant from deceased organ donor
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The bioengineering company Ossium Health has created a new program that offers deep-frozen bone marrow from deceased organ donors -- and a Michigan woman has received the first transplant.
"We were nervous about it because there was no precedence of using a bone marrow from cadaver." "Our donors don't need their bone marrow anymore, so we're able to recover much more of it than we could ever ethically take from a living person." "We don't want anyone to die because of a logistical problem." Melissa Rudy is senior health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to melissa.rudy@fox.com.
To help increase the chances of these patients getting life-saving treatment, the bioengineering company Ossium Health has created a program that offers deep-frozen bone marrow from deceased organ donors.