Healthy volunteers needed for research study.

Baltimore MD

Description

Collection of Bone Marrow Aspirate from Normal Volunteers. Bone marrow is soft tissue found inside the large bones of the body. Bone marrow produces red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets that are eventually released into the blood stream. These three cell types are considered mature cells (adult cells) and they come from a primitive (progenitor) cell that lives in the bone marrow. These three types of cells are also commonly called “blood cells”. This study is designed to provide bone marrow aspirate containing the primitive cells as well as blood cells for research studies by basic investigators within NIA only. Volunteers are screened by a health history questionnaire, a physical examination by the principal investigator, and blood tests to detect any obvious blood diseases, or bleeding or immune disorders. A bone marrow aspirate procedure is performed using a needle inserted into the hip bone to withdraw a small amount of fluid from the bone marrow for studies. NIA Researchers will use these samples for test tube research only. In other words, these cells are never given back to a human. We will not share samples or data with researchers outside NIH. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03949647 Please call to see if you qualify to participate.