07Apr/14

Bezos family donates $20 million to Fred Hutch – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center News

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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center News

Bezos family donates $20 million to Fred Hutch
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center News
The roots of all these advances stretch back to the Hutch’s founding and the Nobel Prize-winning work of Dr. E. Donnall “Don” Thomas, who pioneered bone marrow transplantation as a cure for blood cancers. That approach provided one of the first …
Bezos family donates $20 million to Fred Hutch to develop therapies that ‘melt …PR Newswire (press release)

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07Apr/14

Nearly 450 Nebraskans waiting for lifesaving organ transplant – Omaha World-Herald

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Nearly 450 Nebraskans waiting for lifesaving organ transplant
Omaha World-Herald
More than 1 million people have had their sight restored through corneal transplantation thanks to nearly 46,000 cornea donors nationwide in 2012. » Each year, approximately 30,000 tissue donors result in nearly 1 million tissue transplants in the U.S …

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07Apr/14

Marathon effort for cancer – Auckland stuff.co.nz

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Auckland stuff.co.nz

Marathon effort for cancer
Auckland stuff.co.nz
For his eighth birthday in February, he received a stem cell transplant. Jenna says Sean was in and out of different doctors’ surgeries for three months before they found out what was wrong. He was suffering from excruciating headaches and he had …

07Apr/14

THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED – The Week

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The WeekTHE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTEDThe WeekThe organs of the political class and commentariat rumble and gurgle-acronym this, number that, seat projection-and give the illusion that this anechoic chamber is a reflection of the opinions and voting intent…

07Apr/14

'The dying have a right NOT to know they are terminally ill': Couple launch … – Daily Mail

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Daily Mail

‘The dying have a right NOT to know they are terminally ill’: Couple launch …
Daily Mail
She underwent a stem cell transplant on Christmas Day at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The youngest of four children, she was told she was in remission last April. She celebrated by helping her father organise a surprise 40th wedding …
Cancer victim’s parents want terminal patients to be able to opt out of being …Birmingham Mail

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07Apr/14

Stem cell transplantation from unrelated donor saves 2-year-old – Times of India

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Stem cell transplantation from unrelated donor saves 2-year-oldTimes of IndiaThe PBSC (Peripheral Blood Stem Cell) transplant was carried out last year in April, and on Friday young Goel was diagnosed as free from Thalassemia. He no longer has to worry…

07Apr/14

Ambit Announces Initiation Of Phase 2 Cohort In MD Anderson Sponsored Study … – Wall Street Journal

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Ambit Announces Initiation Of Phase 2 Cohort In MD Anderson Sponsored Study …Wall Street Journal… trial comparing quizartinib to standard chemotherapy in FLT3-ITD positive AML patients over the age of 18 who have relapsed from, or are refractory to…

07Apr/14

Actinium Announces Further Development of Actimab-A Manufacturing – Wall Street Journal

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Actinium Announces Further Development of Actimab-A Manufacturing
Wall Street Journal
The Company’s lead radiopharmaceutical Iomab(TM)-B will be used in preparing patients for hematopoietic stem cell transplant, commonly referred to as bone marrow transplant. The Company is preparing a single, pivotal, multicenter Phase 3 clinical study …

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07Apr/14

New Dimension of Slavery – From Labor to Organ – AllAfrica.com

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New Dimension of Slavery – From Labor to Organ
AllAfrica.com
Organ transplantation is “the transfer of organs or tissue from a donor to a recipient with the aim of restoring function(s) in the body”. … In 2011 a journalist called Scott Carney who lived in India for many years has published a book called Red …

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07Apr/14

Laughlin Whiteley beats cancer after stem cell transplant – BBC News

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BBC NewsLaughlin Whiteley beats cancer after stem cell transplantBBC NewsA seven-year-old boy whose second fight against a rare cancer was charted in a blog by his father has been given the all-clear. Laughlin Whiteley, of Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, had…

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