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InsideHalton.com Tina Ceroni had competed in marathons and triathlons, but facing a rare neuromuscular disease was a whole new challenge. “It was rapidly progressing,” she recalled. “In the summer of 2010, I was in hospital emergency rooms multiple times.” But a stem … |
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Campaign on cadaver organ donation gets moving
Times of India At a panel discussion to launch the ‘Look at Life Afresh’ campaign, speakers stressed the need for legal, bureaucratic and government systems to work in tandem towards streamlining and speeding up the process of cadaveric organ donation for greater … |
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On a mission, to save women’s hearts
Times of India BANGALORE: The red bus with its large microphone and words ‘Queen of Heart Express’ has been home for this eight-member theatre troupe since September 28 and will be so until December 28. This mobile troupe is on a three-month mission: spreading … Hearts Express reaches BengaluruDeccan Chronicle |
Blood donation sessions plannedBradford Telegraph and ArgusBlood donation sessions planned. Blood donor sessions are planned in Craven over the next week. They will take place at Ingleton Community Centre tomorrow from 1.45pm to 3.34pm and 5pm to 7.30p…
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Ind. woman who donated kidney weds organ recipient
WRAL.com BROWNSBURG, Ind. — A central Indiana woman who promised to donate one of her kidneys to a man she barely knew has married him three years after his successful transplant surgery. Chelsea Clair and Kyle Froelich met at a 2009 car show when he was … |
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UK drive to get Sikhs on organ donor list
SikhSangat News The National Health Service (NHS) has kicked off a targeted campaign across the country, starting with the Sikh community, to urge them to join its Organ Donor Register. A series of TV programmes titled “Organ Donation Let’s Make a Difference” will air … What better way to protect a life than through organ donation?: As I See ItPennLive.com Orla Smyth: The mystery donor who transformed my lifeBelfast Telegraph |
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Stem Cell Transplants May Harm Recipient’s Sex Life
Newsday This type of stem cell transplant is an increasingly effective form of treatment for patients with blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Writing in the Oct. 24 issue of Blood, researchers say that while stem cell transplant was once … |
Engineered T-Cell Receptor in Fusion Proteins, Antibodies & Cells: Emerging …SBWire (press release)Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies have become an increasingly successful treatment modality with sales of US$ 65 bln in the year 2012 and with an a…
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Franklin Park resident dresses as mummy to encourage blood donation
Franklin Park Herald A blood donor is lying down, waiting for a nurse to stop by and stick a need into her arm. Instead, dressed up in rags, a mummy comes shuffling over. Donors are sometimes a bit surprised. “Especially people who bring their kids,” Mark Kosten said … |
Calendar of EventsBlowing RocketBLOOD DRIVE: The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives in the coming weeks –3:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 25 at Parkway Elementary School (160 Parkway School Drive); for an appointment, call 264-3032. From …