Becoming A Bone Marrow Transplant

At the age of ten, I read a book, “Gifted Hands” by Dr. Ben Carson, which inspired and begin to motivate my interest in pursuing medicine as a career because I could identify with his discovery of the joy of reading and his fascination with science. When I was 14, I had an epiphany at the doctor’s office. This event occurred a little after I had finished my final exams in school and the next step was to go to senior high school. But, I thought the preliminary chemistry and physics classes of junior high school were daunting and went on to convince myself that a career in medicine might not be right for me.

At a time when it was popular practice for kids growing up in my country to aspire to become doctors, lawyers and engineers, for no rational reasons owing to naiveté that comes with such tender ages, I had known I wanted to save lives. I just didn’t know in what capacity it would be. I can safely say that I grew up faster than most children my age, I had known what it meant to lose a father at six, I had seen an aunt die of what they said was cancer at ten. I had also known the frustration of not being able to do anything to save both. And of course, I couldn’t have. I am a grown man now, equipped with the rationality that comes with education, and most importantly the informed will to save the world. And I have found an important tool in Medical Physics.

I survived. Born 6 weeks premature, if it wasn't for medicine, I may not have lived. Medicine represents a field in which my interest grows continuously. Through this internship, Kendall Smith HealthCare Exploration Scholarship, I hope to not only create a strong foundation in a field that I may potentially pursue one day, but also further the bounds of current knowledge about healthcare and contribute something greater to the world.

Medicine has and always will be an integral part of my life. I grew up around the vast sea of medicine as my family is a huge believer of science and the capabilities it has to benefit our health. As I grew up I began to question what exactly was entering my body as I’ve always trusted medicine but never knew what exactly was in it. I remember thinking it was like magic, a mysterious entity that comes and magically heals my illness. But this of course was just a child’s imagination trying to come up with a reason as to why everything works. Eventually I came to understand that most of these medicines were derived from the virus itself or it’s a bacterium and this blew my mind. However, the more I dug into the subject I’ve discovered that the ocean plays a larger role in my desired career than I initially

From an individual standpoint, the act of becoming an organ donor is likely to produce a net gain in utility. The pleasure it produces to a single person is the knowledge that one is contributing positively to one’s society. It also has the potential of benefit multiple people that can receive the transplants upon one’s death. Although the consequences of the act are are rather removed, they still create utility rather than diminishing it. The major obstacle that prevents individuals from making the choice to become an organ donor is the lack of information or even misinformation about the donation process. There might also be people who are against organ donation for personal or religious reasons, however a large number of religions allow

Nearly 120,000 men, women and children are on the national transplant waiting list (“Learn About Organ Donation”). Eighteen people die each day waiting for a transplant (Video). An organ donor can save up to eight lives. Imagine if everyone signed up to be an organ donor and no one had to be on the waiting list. Sign up to be an organ donor today and give the gift of life.

There are three different types of BMTs, autologous, allogeneic, and syngeneic. In autologous BMTs the patient who is receiving the bone marrow was also the donor. Before patient received their treatment, in the form of chemotherapy, radiation, or both, stem cells were taken from the patient via bone marrow harvest or

Growing up in a society where a person’s gender and ethnicity influences their life to a significant extent has had a great impact on me. Throughout my life, I have been faced with many obstacles such as the socially accepted lie that I am less worthy than a boy, I am weaker, and that my brain does not work as good as a boy’s. I have been told not to play sports because it is shameful for a girl to act like a boy. I have been told not to take part in any sort of activities outside of school because a girl is not supposed to stay outside the house for any reason other than school. Unlike my brother, I have been limited, and all these limitations caused by gender inequality have been the biggest obstacle for me.

important and live saving thing. Many people are willing to donate organs when they are deceased, but much work is needed in order to state that. To become an organ donor, this needs to be specifically stated and known. In many cases people are willing to donate their organs after they are deceased, because they know that 18 people die every day due to the shortage of organ donation. The problem is that people do not know what is needed to be done to become and organ donor, or also they don’t want to go through all of the steps in order to become an organ donor after they are deceased. When you go in to get your licenses you are asked whether or not you want to become

Bone marrow: Transplating bone marrow has been the treatment for many decades. Bone marrow contains hematopoetic stem cells, which produce blood and immune cells. If a patient suffers from a blood or immune system disease such as leukemia, the existing bone marrow tstem cells may have to be killed by chemotherapy or radiation and then replaced with healthy bone marrow. A bon marrow transplant can also replace stem cells that are damged or destroyed as a result of chemotherapy for curing cancer of other tissues. The transplanted bone marrow can repopulate the entire blood system in the new host.

Organ donations and transplants are the removal of organs and tissues from one person to another person. The need for organ transplants are very necessary. There are many people who are in need of organs who are on a waiting list for an available organ. Some people think that becoming an organ donor is a hard decision. I on the other hand would say that it is not that hard of a decision because if you had the chance to save someone else’s life wouldn’t you want to take that chance at giving someone else a better life?

Organ transplants affects the lives of over 100,000 Americans. The idea of organ transplant started over 50 years ago when doctors discovered that they could transplant an organ from one individual to another. As medical technology advanced it was found that organ transplants were safe. Unfortunately the only way to cure many organ failures is to replace the organ itself. The process can save several lives but it is the shortage of transplantable organs.

The adult human has 206 bones. Bones are the structure of the body, the things that protect your organs from trauma, but don’t we ever think about what is inside of them or what else they do? Bones have bone marrow inside of them, soft tissue that produces white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Bone marrow aspirations and biopsies are where you remove bone marrow from the posterior iliac crest of the hip bone or other areas in special cases. Bone marrow aspirations are used for harvesting bone marrow from healthy donors to a sick patient, in the case of anemia, or cancer. Bone marrow biopsy is used to study, examine, or diagnose different cancers and anemias. Bone marrow aspirations and biopsies

A man who is a father and husband has a sickness called myelodyplastic syndrome, is a syndrome in which there are a group of cancers in which immature blood cells in the bone marrow do not mature or become healthy blood cells. For him to possibly get better he needs to a bone marrow transplant from his daughter because she was genetically tested and was a match for her father. His daughter is married and has 2 healthy babies, which is a good sign if she goes forward with the transplant because it is more than likely she is healthy and is not a carrier for any disease or sickness. I think that she should go on with the transplant because she might be his only hope to feel better for the time that he has left on this earth.

If you had the chance to save someone's life, would you take it? To leave the greatest and deepest impact that you will forever be remembered for your selfless decision. You may not recognise it but we all hold the potential to save someone's life. Inside our bodies, we have organs which hold great value to us and others in need of organs. Once we die, we no longer need our organs, so why not give somebody else the gift of life? Today I am going to tell you all how you can save someone's life. I am going to discuss how becoming an organ donor saves lives, what organs you can donate to save someone's life when you die and how you can become an organ donor.