The person donating the bone marrow or stem cells is an HLA identical family member, preferably a sibling HLA refers to the Histo-compatibility Locus Antigens used for tissue matching (Unrelated Allogeneic Transplant: the person donating the marrow is unrelated to the patient)
A graft or tissue from someone other than the patient, usually a matched sibling (a brother or sister), but may be a matched unrelated volunteer donor
Blood from someone else that matches yours, usually from a volunteer blood donor Also referred to as homologous blood
bone marrow transplant transplant in which bone marrow from a donor, rather than the patient's own marrow, is infused
- The infusion of bone marrow from one individual (donor) to another (recipient) A patient receives bone marrow from a compatible, though not genetically identical, donor