Today.com |
‘God has blessed us’: Mom believes her twins’ premature birth saved her life
Today.com Brinson’s brother will likely be her donor, though she has several unrelated donors who volunteered to help, too. Brinson sometimes worries about the future. She’s afraid the girls might come home while she’s still in the hospital or something might … |
Deccan ChronicleCoimbatore: Kovai man gives stem cells, saves life of leukaemia victimDeccan ChronicleGarima, mother of a six-year old led a busy life until December 2016, when she was diagnosed with mixed phenotypic acute leukemia.and more »
|
Cyclophosphamide combination superior for graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis
Healio All patients received peripheral blood stem cell grafts from 6/6 HLA-matched related or 7-8/8 HLA-matched unrelated donors. GVHD-free and relapse-free survival — defined as time from transplantation to onset of grade 3 or grade 4 acute GVHD, chronic … |
MD Magazine |
Bacteria Composition Differs for FMT-FURM, Vancomycin-Treated Patients with CDI
MD Magazine Fecal donor-unrelated donor mix (FMT-FURM) transplantation for initial Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) typically feature specific bacterial communities that are foreign to donors’ samples and are different than those found among CDI patients … |
The Hippocratic Post (blog)Age of stem cell donor influences survivalThe Hippocratic Post (blog)Previous studies have suggested that donor characteristics including sex, ethnicity, blood type and previous pregnancies could all affect patient survival, …
New Complaint Made Against de Blasio Over Actions for DonorNew York TimesA former senior New York City official who says he was fired for resisting efforts by Mayor Bill de Blasio to secure special treatment for political donors lodged a formal complai…
Stanford Social Innovation Review |
New Year, New Brand?
Stanford Social Innovation Review This year’s Super Bowl ads featured a litany of companies linking their products to what seemed like completely unrelated value statements. Stella Artois jammed its brand into a Matt-Damon-led appeal for clean water, while Coca-Cola wrapped itself in … |
JMU Journalism Liverpool Life |
‘Stem Cell Scouser’ calls for donors
JMU Journalism Liverpool Life A Formby pensioner is appealing for volunteers to donate their stem cells for blood cancer sufferers. Kevin Dunne began fundraising for the cause after his wife was diagnosed with leukemia and had a stem cell transplant from an anonymous unrelated … |
Science News |
50 years ago, early organ transplants brought triumph and tragedy
Science News Liver recipients were less lucky, having to rely on unrelated, postmortem donations. Liver patients’ immune systems often attacked the new organ and one-year survival was a low 30 percent. Cyclosporine, an immune-suppressing drug available since 1983 … |
HarpersBAZAAR.com |
The Truth About Infertility for Women Over 40
HarpersBAZAAR.com People teetering on the brink, wondering if it’s okay to ask questions or if they should pretend I hadn’t just revealed a deep personal truth: I’m infertile; I used an egg donor. As a society, we seem to have agreed that we don’t talk about infertility … |