Dr. Dan’s Dash
Waupaca County News
It is a much more complicated process than blood typing,” Sutton said. “HLA are proteins – or markers – found on most cells in your body. These HLA proteins are unique to each of us, but are passed on genetically so family members or people from …

Southwick to honor Susan Sanders during Donate Life Month
MassLive.com
Sanders received a heart from an organ donor in 2008 and spent much of the next years sharing her story and encouraging others to join the Donate Life program. “It’s such a miracle,” Sanders said in 2011 of her own successful heart transplant. “I feel …
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What’s new in combatting chronic graft-vs.-host disease
Fred Hutch News Service
In some of the first transplants performed, researchers saw that patients who’d received donor cells from an identical twin had fewer side effects after the transplant than those who’d gotten a transplant from a non-twin sibling or from an unrelated …

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What’s new in combatting chronic graft-vs.-host disease
Fred Hutch News Service
In some of the first transplants performed, researchers saw that patients who’d received donor cells from an identical twin had fewer side effects after the transplant than those who’d gotten a transplant from a non-twin sibling or from an unrelated …

Stem Cell Banking Market – Assurance for a Lifetime
Pharmaceuticals News
Moreover, currently available immunosuppressive agents such as steroids, induce long term side effects despite temporary improvements. According to the Health Research Funding, 2015, around 28% of cord blood transplants have been used to treat genetic …

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Donors to Scarsdale Schools Education Foundation to be Named on Plaques at Scarsdale High School
Scarsdale10583.com
The signage for the fitness center and design lab will include the names of 65 donors, each of whom made a contribution of at least $10,000. Seward mentioned, “We also plan a small plaque within the design lab for 10 donors whose gifts of $5,000 are …

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Maryland lawmakers approve tax breaks for living organ donors
WJLA
Lao’s father passed away in 2011, but his death was unrelated to the organ donation. He was 76 years old. She hopes the new tax breaks for living organ donors will serve as an incentive to get more people to volunteer to be organ donors. “The fact is …

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McCarthy’s top campaign donor: Lawyer with checkered past …
Chicago Tribune
Garry McCarthy’s top mayoral campaign donor is a River North lawyer with a checkered past.

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UI Department of History leads One Day for Iowa
Iowa Now
This year, a generous donor will match the first $5,000 donated to the Department of History. Heineman says the Department of History’s upcoming efforts will mirror last year’s, which involved communicating with donors about programs that history …