How to Use bone marrow in a Sentence

bone marrow

noun
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  • Benzene has also been linked to leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • When key mutations strike bone marrow stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, your risk for a litany of diseases go up.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Those fears were prompted by animal tests that found mutations in fast-growing cells such as bone marrow.
    — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The bone marrow transplant took place Dec. 3, exactly one year ago today.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Many of the bones had cut marks that showed the Denisovans were processing the animals for their hides as well as meat and bone marrow.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 3 July 2024
  • Seaweed custard gleamed beneath the spotlights, sealed with a wobble of bone marrow and a dollop of caviar shining like a ripe blackberry.
    — Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Dengue can rarely have serious effects on the liver, heart, central nervous system, kidneys, eyes, muscles or bone marrow, and severe dengue can lead to death.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
  • While a bone marrow biopsy is necessary for diagnosis, biopsies of your skin or other affected organs may also be used.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 9 July 2024
  • Memory B cells are one of those layers, cells that live for years in the bone marrow, ready to swing into action and produce more antibodies when needed.
    — Carla K. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Jan. 2022
  • From this list, Trudel suspects that the bone marrow or the spleen are the most likely problem areas, and his team has plans to investigate the issue further in the future.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Fortunately, an anonymous donor was identified through national bone marrow registry Be the Match.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The diagnosis paved a path to treatment: Benjamin underwent a bone marrow transplant last February, and has been on the road to recovery since.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2021
  • After just two doses of the vaccine, levels lift, then dip down to a startlingly stable plateau, thanks to a small armada of B cells in the bone marrow that continues to churn out antibodies.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • By 2010, though, about half of his bone marrow cells were cancer cells.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that changes how bone marrow functions.
    — Barbara Brody, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
  • That includes a 9-year-old girl who was brought out of Gaza to donate bone marrow to her sick brother.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that forms in the plasma cells, or white blood cells in the bone marrow.
    — Barbara Brody, Health, 9 June 2024
  • 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
  • White blood cells that fight infections end up damaging parts of the body, such as the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024

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