Not quite. The recent decision by the Ninth Circuit lets the prohibition stand as to bone marrow directly extracted from bones, but struck it down as to bone-ma

Not quite. The recent decision by the Ninth Circuit lets the prohibition stand as to bone marrow directly extracted from bones, but struck it down as to bone-marrow-derived stem cells extracted from blood. This should significantly increase the availability of donated bone marrow: http://volokh.com/2011/12/01/paying-people-for-bone-marrow-derived-stem-cells-extracted-from-blood-not-bone-are-legal-rules-the-ninth-circuit/ http://volokh.com/2011/12/01/paying-people-for-bone-marrow-d...