Clayton incurred a spinal cord injury, and the doctors wanted to enroll him in a clinical trial that used stem cells in the treatment. stem cells are special because they can turn into other specialized cells in the body.
Stem cells are used in stem cell transplants to replace cells lost by chemotherapy or disease, or to help the donor's immune system fight certain types of cancer and blood-related diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, neuroblastoma, and multiple myeloma.
In the bone marrow
Stem cells are usually found in bone marrow (the spongy center of certain bones). This is where they divide in order to produce new blood cells. Once mature, blood cells depart the bone marrow and into the bloodstream. A tiny number of immature stem cells enter the bloodstream.
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