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Letter: A salute to Dickinson’s Quattrone
The Sentinel The best treatment for this potentially fatal disease was a stem cell transplant. After my brother and I were both tested we learned that I was a perfect match to be her stem cell donor. If her doctors had been unable to find a related donor they would … |
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Four years after experimental MS treatment, West Island doc hopeful
CTV News Facing a future in a wheelchair, he headed to Ottawa for a bone marrow stem cell transplant involving high dose chemotherapy. “They replace your bone marrow with stem cells so it’s able to reboot the immune system,” said Normandin. MS researchers at … |
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Sun Calendar
Naperville Sun Database Discovery: Teens will get an overview of the library’s databases for use in term papers and other research at 7 p.m., Nichols Library, 200 W. Jefferson Ave. Visit www.naperville-lib.org or call … Friendship shawls will be donated to the … |
HC questions zonal transplant centresIndian ExpressHC was hearing a batch of petitions filed by three Pune residents who have applied to the authorization committee for organ transplant permission. A division … ZTCC, formed by the state government in…
Benefit Breakfast Will Help Ailing Belle Plaine Girl, Her FamilyBelleplaineheraldIn August 2010, Emma was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, which had spread throughout her body. Her smile and giggle stayed with her through intense chemo, kidney failure, su…
Spectrum begins first bone marrow transplants for adults in West MichiganMlive KalamazooShe is the former president of Hematology Oncology Associates of Illinois and medical director of its stem cell transplant program. Spectrum received state approval…
IndiaGlitzPandiraj makes a case for Kedi Billa, Killadi RangaIndiaGlitzTwo Tamil films released this week have picked their stories from newspaper headlines. While one makes a case for organ donation, the other film, Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga (KBKR), di…
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What’s on for Monday April 1, 2013
Portsmouth News Admission by donation of £1 per head. PORTSMOUTH: meet Buckland Community …. Lunchtime Theatre Organ Concert. Performed by John Wadley (Emsworth). …. Reiki Therapy, Metamorphic Technique and Indian Head Massage. Drop-in therapy session, … |
The gift of life: Stem cell donor meets recipient four years laterSun-SentinelMarcus had already been through plenty. Diagnosed with myelofibrosis, a rare bone disease that replaces marrow with scar tissue, she was given a 30 percent chance of survival…
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Church news: Egg hunts, dinners, fundraisers, more
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com Organ prelude at 7 p.m. Easter children’s event, 9-11 a.m. March 30. Tirzah ARP Church, Mount Gallant … Donations can be mailed to Fred Castle, team captain for the Spirit of Hope, 628 Colony Road, Chester, SC 29706. Youth Day observance, 11 a.m. … |