Many patients with certain types of cancers suffer from damage to their blood cells due to the cancer itself or treatments like chemotherapy. To help rebuild healthy blood cells, patients often receive bone marrow transplants by using either pluripotent or hematopoietic stem cells.
A bone marrow or stem cell transplant can speed up recovery and boost healthy blood cell production. There are primarily two types of bone marrow transplants: autologous and allogeneic. The former involves using the patient’s own stem cells, while the latter uses stem cells from a matching donor, usually a relative with a compatible human leukocyte antigen (HLA) type. If someone doesn’t have a close relative with a matching type, there are registries for doctors to seek suitable donors.
Nearly anyone can sign up to become a donor. If a person is matched as a suitable donor after joining a registry, they will undergo a minimally invasive procedure to collect their stem cells mainly through either of the following methods.
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某些癌症的許多患者都因癌症本身或像是化療等療法而致使血球遭受破壞。為了幫助重建健康的血球，患者往往會接受骨髓移植，而骨髓移植是使用多功能幹細胞或是造血幹細胞。
骨髓移植（或稱幹細胞移植）能夠加速復原，並促進健康血球的生長。主要有兩種骨髓移植：自體移植和異體移植。前者涉及使用患者自身的幹細胞，後者則使用配對成功之捐贈者的幹細胞，捐贈者通常是人類白血球抗原（HLA）類型相符的親戚。如果沒有相符類型的近親，那麼還有登錄名冊可供醫生搜尋適合的捐贈者。
幾乎任何人都可以登記成為捐贈者。如果有人在登記後被配對為適合的捐贈者，就會進行微創手術來收集其幹細胞，主要是透過下列兩種方法其中之一。
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Words in Use
1. recovery n. 康復，恢復
Helen made a full recovery from the operation. 海倫從手術中完全恢復了。
2. donor n. 捐贈者 / donation n. 捐獻，捐贈
We need AB blood donors urgently because a patient’s life is at stake.
我們急需AB型捐血人，因為有一名病人的性命垂危。
Many patients benefit greatly from organ donation. 許多病患受益於器官捐贈。
3. compatible a. 相容的
The new software is compatible with our computer system. 這款新軟體與我們的電腦系統相容。
Practical Phrases
1. suffer from... 遭受……之苦；罹患……（疾病）
Walter is suffering from an upset stomach because he ate some expired food.
華特因為吃了一些過期食品所以腸胃不適。
Fred has suffered from a rare heart disease his entire life. 弗萊德終生罹患一種罕見的心臟疾病。
2. speed up... / speed... up 加快……（速度）
Our factory will have to speed up production to meet consumer demand.
我們工廠將必須加速生產，以滿足顧客需求。
To be continued tomorrow（明日待續）
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