Apheresis and Cellular Therapy

Apheresis is a word derived from Greek meaning ‘to take away’. During apheresis, patients are connected to an apheresis machine which can separate blood into layers of fluid and cells. This enables the removal of parts of the blood which may be diseases to treat the symptoms of an illness or to allow cells to be collected.

Autologous transplant uses the patients own stem cells, collected before hand to replace bone marrow that is not working properly. This is known as an Autologous stem cell transplant.