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Dharavi mandal bags BMC’s first prize for organ donation campaign
Indian Express President of Shri Hanuman Seva Mandal, Nana Jagannath, said, “We organised an organ donation camp at our mandal. So far, 15 donors … Vile Parle’s Bal Gopal Mitra Mandal won the third prize for its 18-ft Ganesha idol made from tissue paper. President … |
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Immune system marker tied to improved bone marrow transplant outcomes
EurekAlert (press release) 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 Children’s … Bone marrow donation touted as a lifesaverChicago Tribune |
Macleans.caShh . . . the plants are thinkingMacleans.caThose who accept it frequently invoke the names of the giants of science who travelled this path before: Jagadish Chandra Bose, the Indian polymath physicist and biologist, measured electrical sign…
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Adult Stem Cells, The Future of Medicine: One Patient’s Story
LifeNews.com Tony applied and was accepted into a similar clinical trial underway with Dr. Richard Burt at Northwestern University in Chicago. Missy says it was miraculous to see the adult stem cells go to work: “When he received the adult stem cell transplant, the … |
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Parents’ plea for donors to help youngster Ailsa who has life-threatening …
Scottish Daily Record After suffering the heartbreak of a failed stem cell transplant, mum Kirsteen and dad Neil are making a plea to Scots for help. They want people to sign up to stem cell and bone marrow registries in the hope of finding a match. Neil, 41, said: “That … |
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Close-up: ‘If anything, designations actually help people grow’
Campaign India The campaign is about organ donation and I think we can so very well do it in India around cricket. Your first big award… We had done a campaign for Pond’s Blackheads. We took it for an internal international workshop and everybody was going gaga … |
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DU, celebs pledge to donate organs
Times of India Organ donation is a cause that’s gaining in public mindspace these days, and that was evident when Shivaji College, DU, recently organized a two-day campaign around it. The event started with a welcome address by college principal Dr Shashi Nijhawan. |
BC Economics Professors Recognized For ResearchThe Heights (subscription)Collaborating with fellow BC professor Tayfun Sonmez and Nobel laureate Alvin Roth, Unver studied and wrote about matching markets for organ donors. He characterized these markets…
This Day, September 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. LevinCleveland Jewish News (blog)Although there is evidence that some non-observant Jews were living in the colony at this time, there was no organized Jewish community due to the fact that the D…
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Social causes take centre stage at Ganpati pandals
Indian Express Smaller mandals like Vile Parle’s Bal Gopal Mitra Mandal and Jumbo Darshan mandal have also set up camp for blood donation. Secretary of Bal Gopal Mitra mandal said, “Last year, we organised organ donations and got more than 100 donors. This year … |