tags: TEDTalks, medicine, bone marrow, new technology, Marrow Miner, Daniel Kraft, streaming video
Daniel Kraft demonstrates his Marrow Miner -- a new device that quickly harvests life-saving bone marrow with minimal pain to the donor. He emphasizes that the adult stem cells found in bone marrow can be used to treat many terminal conditions, from Parkinson's to heart disease [4:42]
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Great news. Thanks for posting that.
I love examples of sheer cleverness like that. Bravo, Dr. Kraft!
-jcr
Bravo indeed! The current standard requires punching up to 200 holes? I've gotten screened and listed in the donor database but wow, I admit that I would have to think twice about doing that to my pelvis. I hope both that I get the chance to help someone by donating marrow, and that the place that does the collection has one of these nifty aspiration tools to minimize the Swiss cheese effect.