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Health Spotlight: Game changer for bone marrow transplants

Health Spotlight: Game changer for transplant patients

(WISH) — Each year, about 60,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with leukemia.

While there is technically no cure, the best shot of something close comes with a stem-cell donation. But, finding a donor match can be tricky.

However, in most cases, painful bone-marrow harvesting can instead be replaced by peripheral blood donation as a way to extract stem cells.

News 8 has more in Thursday night’s Health Spotlight.

This story was created from a script aired on WISH-TV. Health Spotlight is presented by Community Health Networks.