23Jul/13

Valley skateboarder's stem cell transplant an act of willpower, luck of the draw – East Valley Tribune

Valley skateboarder’s stem cell transplant an act of willpower, luck of the draw
East Valley Tribune
Sebastian James, shown at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Phoenix Wednesday, July 11, 2013, recently underwent a stem cell transplant to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]. Buy this photo · Sebastian James. [Tim Hacker

22Jul/13

Facebook Is Being Redefined by Its Developing World Users – MIT Technology Review

Facebook Is Being Redefined by Its Developing World Users
MIT Technology Review
The company has already dabbled with using social engineering to boost organ donations in the U.S. (see “Thank God for Facebook: When Platforms Proselytize”). There’s no shortage of similar experiments that could be run in places with more fundamental 

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22Jul/13

Iraqi refugee tries to repay welfare money after he becomes a success – Daily Caller

Iraqi refugee tries to repay welfare money after he becomes a success
Daily Caller
The next day while he was on his lunch break, a contractor contacted him, after seeing his advertisement in the local newspaper. “They called and said we have seen your ad in the Southern Courier. “They said can you come now, and I said ‘of course.”.

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22Jul/13

Gilbert's MD Anderson's recent stem cell transplant likely to be first of many – East Valley Tribune

Gilbert’s MD Anderson’s recent stem cell transplant likely to be first of many
East Valley Tribune
“Bruce has a pretty good chance of having a long time of life without the disease being progressed,” said Dr. Görgün Akpek, stem cell transplant program director at MD Anderson. Stem cell therapy — or stem cell transplantation — is a field that needs