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Former airport manager receives year’s salary
Chicago Daily Herald Rouleau took a medical leave last summer to undergo a bone marrow stem cell transplant due to a condition called polycythemia vera that produces too many red blood cells and damaged his bone marrow. At that time he planned to return in 2014, but his … |
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North Devon’s almost-Easter what’s on guide
North Devon Gazette THE BEACON: Tea/coffee, lunch and social sessions, Bishops Tawton Methodist Church, 11am-2pm (lunch 12.30pm), all welcome to drop in, chat, socialise or just read a newspaper, all inclusive price £1.50, to book or for info, call 01271 859334. … up … |
Daily MailWanted: half a million donors… Indian patients miss out on life-saving stem …Daily MailThree-year-old Neeti (name changed), who suffers from Thalassemia, has been waiting a long time for a blood stem cell transplant that could cure her il…
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Relay for Life lifts spirits in cancer battle
Illawarra Mercury “I’ve had nine rounds of chemotherapy, 55 doses of radiation, a hemipelvectomy operation to remove my pelvis to radiate it and a stem cell transplant, but not once have I thought ‘I’m going to die’,” Ashleigh said. “Now I’m going to fight it again, and … |
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UK scientists make body parts in laboratory
The Hindu While only a handful of patients have received the British lab-made organs so far, including tear ducts, and windpipes, researchers hope they will soon be able to transplant more types of body parts into patients, including what would be the world’s … |
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Crohn’s sufferer challenges decision to refuse her funding for eggs to be frozen
The Guardian Her barrister told Mr Justice Jay that Rose, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the age of 14, faces imminent bone marrow transplantation and chemotherapy – treatment she fears will render her infertile. Clinicians at King’s College Hospital in … Woman with Crohn’s disease challenges ‘unlawful’ decision to deny her NHS …Daily Mail Margate artist’s legal action against Thanet health bossesthanetgazette.co.uk Crohn’s woman Lizzie Rose in High Court fertility pleaBBC News |
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Dedicated Deep Bay biker
Parksville Qualicum Beach News He had a stem cell transplant about six months after his diagnoses in May 2011 but the results weren’t what he was hoping for. His chemotherapy pills will eventually stop working, he said, but thanks to research a new drug called Pomalist recently hit … |
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First-in-Class Drug Shows Activity in Advanced Blood Cancers
Medscape Some of the patients in the study had relapsed after bone marrow transplantation; in these patients, survival is typically very poor, he explained. “These are extremely exciting results.” The primary goal of this phase 1 study was to determine the … |
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Stem Cells Show Promise for Stroke Recovery
Philly.com They don’t replace the damaged brain so much as massaging the bits that are left, to get maximum function out of them,” Cramer explained. The study was primarily designed to evaluate the safety of this kind of stem cell transplant. Researchers said … |
OncLiveLimited Availability of Non-Caucasian Stem Cell Donors: A Growing Problem?OncLiveA recent media article described a woman of Indian descent with leukemia who could not find a donor for a life-saving bone marrow transplant.1. Prerna Mewawalla, MD…