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Rocker Jim Keays survives renal failure after stem cell transplant
Herald Sun AUSTRALIAN rock legend Jim Keays has narrowly survived acute renal failure after a radical stem cell transplant he hopes will save his life. Keays was diagnosed with multiple myeloma – a cancer of the blood’s plasma cells – six years ago and has been … |
Heart day: 500 students pledge to donate organsIndia TribuneKochi: On the occasion of World Heart Day, over 500 students from various schools pledged their organs for donation here on September 29. The program was organized by Herat Care Foundation, Li…
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Detroit V. Boston In Blood Donation Challenge
CBS Local DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit is squaring off against Boston for Major League Baseball’s American League Championship, but we’re battling Beantown for even higher stakes off the field. Bridget Tuohey, with Detroit’s American Red Cross, said the Tigs may have … |
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Afghan with 30% liver, Sayed Sadat, leads national rugby team
Daily News & Analysis Afghanistan rugny captain Sayed Mustafa Sadat, 31, donated 70 per cent of his liver to his mother in Delhi about six months ago. He’s back in India, this time to lead his country in the Asian Rugby Sevens Series to be played in Mumbai from today. Sadat … |
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Fasting Chandrababu Naidu to be forcibly administered IV fluids: Hospital
Zee News … to take it and henceforth, we have decided to forcibly administer intravenous drips of DNS and vitamins,” said Dr H K Kar, medical superintendent of RML Hospital. “His liver, kidney and heart functioning is deteriorating and cardiac enzymes have … |
Health NewstrackDisrupting an antioxidant pathway prevents heart failureHealth NewstrackResearchers have found that deficiency of an antioxidant response protein called nuclear erythroid-2 like factor-2 (Nrf2) delays or prevents hypertrophic cardiomyop…
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WoW to do: Oct. 12
Naples Daily News The Florida Highwaymen Artists were the beginning of Florida’s contemporary art tradition, and are credited for the beginning of the “Indian River School” art movement. They developed their own individual techniques and captured waterscapes … |
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Special service
Youngstown Vindicator Donna Wynn will sing a verse of “Amazing Grace” in Cherokee, the group will sing the song in the Dakota Indian language and Hispanic members will share a verse in their language. Those attending are invited to dress in attire reflecting their culture … |
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《產業》生技熱續燒！美商永生明年初來台掛牌
中時電子報 李家榮指出，一般成人的幹細胞需要6個配位點都吻合才能進行配對，但嬰兒臍帶血的幹細胞活性最強，只需要4個配位點，因此對人類白血球組織抗原HLA Typing的排斥性最低。目前半數以上的血癌患者都改採幹細胞療法，累計已有超過1,500個治療血癌成功經驗。 |
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Anti-Cancer, Our Way
Outlook Everything is built around breast cancer, ‘common’ amongst metro women, but overall the rates of lung, cervix and prostate are equally high, if not higher. In college, I had studied that diabetes occurred post 40, heart disease maybe post-50; … The … |