Scope (blog) |
The inside scoop on bone marrow transplants
Scope (blog) The patient’s body can then use its own banked stem cells to regenerate healthy marrow once treatment is complete. Other transplants are allogeneic, meaning that the patient must receive matching stem cells from a sibling, family member or unrelated donor. |
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Schwab Charitable Reports Record Grants in 2015
Business Wire (press release) SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Schwab Charitable, one of the nation’s largest donor-advised fund providers, distributed over $1 billion in charitable grants on behalf of its donors in 2015. This represents a 15% increase over the prior calendar year … |
Washington Post |
The War on Education
Washington Post It would be easy to dismiss the attack last Wednesday that killed 22 and wounded dozens at Pakistan’s Bacha Khan University as one more incomprehensible act of global extremism and unrelated to the mass shootings, threats against African American … |
Bone Marrow Transplantation advance online publication 25 January 2016; doi: 10.1038/bmt.2015.333Nature.comHe did not have a fully matched sibling and an extensive unrelated donor search did not reveal a fully matched unrelated donor nor a good size, w…
Devon mum still needs bone marrow donor to save her lifeNorth Devon JournalA DEVON mum is still waiting to find a bone marrow donor who can save her life. Mum-of-three, Kate Barnett, has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, but was last week to…
Exeter mum appeals for bone marrow donorExeter Express and EchoTHOUSANDS of people are waiting for a bone marrow transplant in the UK, and among them is Exeter mum-of-three Kate Barnett, but time is not on her side. Unless the 36-year-old, from Whipton…
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Country’s first bone marrow registry MDRI registers nearly 30000 voluntary stem cell donors
pharmabiz.com Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing is used to match a patient with a donor for his bone marrow stem cell or cord blood stem cell transplant. Started in 2009 with 889 donors, MDRI has found 12 perfect matches of unrelated donors and recipients so far. |
Huffington Post |
Friday Talking Points — Conservatives Are Revolting!
Huffington Post The big GOP donors have also reportedly been trying to suck up to Trump behind the scenes. It’s no wonder they’re bailing on Jeb!, when you consider his PAC has such a big bundle of cash left to spend that they are reportedly attacking their cash … |
Oklahoma Hall of Fame offers scholarship for high school seniorsTulsa World… the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Students must be nominated by a teacher, administrator or unrelated adult, and the deadline is Feb. … The Nichols, longtime donors and supporter…
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Cruz, Trump Trade Attack Ads as Feud Intensifies
Texas Tribune Announcing the ad, Trump’s campaign suggested Cruz’s stuttering answers in the interview last month, done with Fox News host Bret Baier, show he is a classic politician who was trying to take into account “advice from his pollsters, donors and the … |