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Blood cancers more prevalent than we realize
Florida Times-Union Patients usually receive intensive chemotherapy and a stem-cell transplant. □ Acute lymphocytic (or lymphblastic) leukemia is the most common cancer in children and has a good cure rate with today’s chemotherapy. □ Chronic lymphocytic leukemia can be … |
FrontlineAsaram BapuFrontlineThe post-mortem report revealed that all their internal organs were missing. In another instance, Asaram was accused of murdering two four-year-old students of his school at Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh … The biggest money …
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7-yr-old with cancerous tumour gets new heart
The Hindu In India, only four children below the age of 12 have undergone heart transplants. “The boy had a large tumour on the left … The boy will now be on immuno-suppression drugs to enable the body to accept the organ. Sivavignesh’s parents — Anandarohini … |
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Market this Week Sept. 18
Sierra Vista Herald In the Beginning Produce will have a last batch of west India bur gherkins which have been popular with customers for use on top of fresh salads. They’ll also have mustard, dinosaur kale and kohlrabi greens … They will also have marrow and soup bones … |
Hutchinson Center A Life of ScienceFrederick Appelbaum, a world expert in blood cancers, named deputy director of …Hutchinson Center A Life of ScienceHe was the lead author of the first paper to describe the successful use of autologous bone marrow t…
Court permits Fortis hospital to conduct organ transplantsThe HinduThe Karnataka High Court on Tuesday permitted Fortis Hospital Ltd., Bangalore, to undertake transplantation of kidney and liver as part of the licence granted to the hospital to conduct…
LivemintWhy Belgian and Dutch organ donation data are so differentLivemintThe Netherlands got this number of 28% after a very heavy advertising campaign, with millions spent on publicity, public outreach and a soap opera to make people sensitive to don…
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Life and death decisions about who gets organs
Pittsburgh Post Gazette We can’t grasp the immensity of the earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indian Ocean in 2004. We can … If the nearly 100,000 people who signed the change.org petition asking for a policy change for Sarah Murnaghan continue to advocate for organ … |
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Immune system marker tied to improved bone marrow transplant outcomes
Science Daily (press release) 16, 2013 — The risk of death following bone marrow transplantation can be reduced about 60 percent using a new technique to identify bone marrow donors who make the most potent cancer-fighting immune cells, according to research from St. Jude … Bone marrow donation touted as a lifesaverChicago Tribune |
16-year-old donates organs, gifts 3 strangers a new lifeIndian ExpressA 16-year-old girl, who died of head injuries after parts of the parapet of an under construction building fell on her head last week, donated two of her organs at AIIMS Trauma Centr…