Bone Marrow

"There just are not enough people who are at home in the daytime to watch," Ms. Winfrey said in a video to communicate what she called the "bone-marrow truth" to fans who asked her to put the shows on her new cable channel. ❋ Sam Schechner (2011)

Petros Avgerinos, an internist at the Polyclinic Omonia, a public facility in central Athens, said the hospital recently went several months without needles for bone-marrow biopsies. ❋ Charles Forelle (2011)

When the case got to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, however, the judges reversed unanimously, in effect ruling that most bone-marrow donations can be treated like blood donations, making a pilot compensation program legal and handing IJ's clients a major victory. ❋ Collin Levy (2012)

A Phoenix-area man, Mark Price, died Nov. 28 of complications from preparation for a bone-marrow transplant that was to be privately funded. ❋ AP (2011)

More to Live For 7 p.m., November 9: Jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker is one of three cancer patients searching for a life-saving bone-marrow transplant in the documentary playing at Boettcher Concert Hall, followed by a tribute concert by Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti and the Colorado Symphony. ❋ Michael Bialas (2011)

Udeze underwent a bone-marrow transplant from his brother, Thomas Barnes in July 2008. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Delia, judged to be the most injured—she never met her biological father before he died, and her life was put in peril without the perfect bone-marrow match from her twin—was awarded €360,000. ❋ David Cesarini (2011)

When doctors were unable to find a bone-marrow match for transplant, Keys and Rihanna became vocal in the search. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The first death, according to the Arizona Republic, wasMark Price, a leukemia patient who needed a bone-marrow transplant... ❋ Unknown (2011)

A child or adult who needs a bone-marrow transplant must first be matched with a donor, whose bone marrow is compatible with the recipient's. ❋ Chris McGowan (2011)

Celgene Corp.'s Vidaza—for bone-marrow disorders called myelodysplastic syndromes ❋ Peter Loftus (2011)

That was the story in the group's latest foray into medicine, in which it represents cancer patients in their fight for access to bone-marrow donations that can save their lives. ❋ Collin Levy (2012)

Prospects who make it past the initial screening get a swab kit, originally developed for the national bone-marrow registry, so they can test their blood type and three important antigens. ❋ Unknown (2009)