Lifesaving Procedure With an Image ProblemNEWS.GNOM.ESFor cancer patients, a stem cell transplant offers an additional benefit: The new blood cells can attack errant cancer cells that may have survived the original chemotherapy. Two years ago Steven Sa…
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Portage native meets her bone marrow donor
Portage Daily Register Bieno had multiple rounds of chemotherapy to kill the diseased marrow and needed a match for a stem cell transplant, which would enable healthy donor cells to take on the disease. The stem cells are extracted from a donor’s blood and pumped into the … |
New panel to cut through red tapePune MirrorIn India, organ donation and transplantation activities are governed by the Transplantation of Human Organ Act (THO), 1994. The law has been made to regulate removal, storage and transplantation of human orga…
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Brunswick father Paul Catelli will undergo autologous haematopoietic stem cell …
Herald Sun Mr Catelli will fly to Russia in April next year for potentially lifesaving autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplant treatment. The treatment will harvest Mr Catelli’s stem cells from bone marrow or his blood, administer high doses of … |
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India votes: Will the real Narendra Modi step forward?
The Globe and Mail Her face framed by a brilliant green scarf, Fatima Bibi sits on the concrete floor of her back-alley home and explains why she can’t vote for the front-runner in what may be the most pivotal election in India’s history. He is a …. Vishnu Pandya … |
Myths on organ donation making liver transplants dearerHindu Business LineMyths and fears attached to organ donation in India are posing a challenge to liver transplants across hospitals, even as the incidence of chronic liver diseases are on the rise,…
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Brunswick father Paul Catelli will undergo autologous haematopoietic stem cell …
Perth Now Mr Catelli will fly to Russia in April next year for potentially lifesaving autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplant treatment. The treatment will harvest Mr Catelli’s stem cells from bone marrow or his blood, administer high doses of … |
Death Notices for April 20Tulsa WorldVisitation 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Bixby Funeral Service, and service 2 p.m. Wednesday, Snake Creek Indian Baptist Church. Bristow, Kenneth E. Byrdm, 69, died Thursday. Graveside service 1 p.m. Wednesday, Holdenville …….
Conway woman with MS seeks funds for stem-cell transplantArkansas Online (subscription)Dawn Louden, 40, stands on Lancaster Lane, the road she lives on in Conway, near the site where a yard sale and concert will be held May 3 to help pay for her stem-c…
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Woman Meets Life-Saving Bone Marrow Donor (and It’s Amazing)
Yahoo Canada Shine (blog) Bieno immediately began rigorous rounds of chemotherapy; however, due to a genetic mutation that would enable the leukemia to keep returning, she desperately needed a stem cell transplant (otherwise known as a bone marrow transplant), a process that … |