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THE RUNDOWN. Friday 2/22/13 on The Billings Morning News
Newsradio95 In 1630 Popcorn is introduced by an Indian named Quadequina to the English colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner in America. In 1784 A U.S. clipper, the … In 2003 Jesica Santillan, the teenager who’d survived a botched heart-lung transplant … |
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Roundtrip to survival keeps Vanessa cruising for a cure
The Australian The lump she found in her neck revived dreaded memories of chemotherapy and radiation, a stem cell transplant, not to mention the emotional toll on family and friends of her Hodgkin’s Lymphoma diagnosis. Wyder’s “Cruisin’ 4 A Cure” campaign had been … |
Care Beyond BoundariesInquirer.netIn photo are (top 4th from left) Padma Shri Dr. Azad Moopen with India Ambassador to the Philippines Amit Dasgupta (3rd from left), former Ms. Universe runner-up Venus Raj, DM Healthcare SVP & CEO Dr. Sanjiv Malik,…
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Pippie foundation to help burn victim
News24 Johannesburg – A 5-year-old girl who sustained horrific burns to her body last year will undergo the same high-tech skin transplant as Pippie Kruger, thanks to a donation from her foundation, according to a report on Friday. Celiwe Maseko’s dress … |
Chronicle TimesTimes Gone ByChronicle TimesThe opening exercise was devoted to music, first they sang the scale and after a few minutes of this exercise they sang several of the old popular songs, while one of the students played the organ. The next in…
Emirates 24/7Community drive to help Dubai resident battling rare form of blood cancerEmirates 24/7Currently in the midst of his second round of intensive chemotherapy in Los Angeles, the Dubai-born Joshi is suffering from Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma…
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Top athlete gets involved in stem cell initiative
TheChronicleHerald.ca OneMatch, a Canadian Blood Services program, recruits stem cell donors, finds matches for patients who require a blood stem cell transplant and co-ordinates collection and delivery when a match is found. Even though his brother died of sickle-cell … Stem-cell donation ‘chance to save a life’ says ex-basketball starMetroNews Canada |
Govt amends rules to allow legislators to grant funds for treatmentIndian Express… kidney as well as liver transplantation; orthopedic diseases treatment including artificial prosthesis for limbs, replacement of joints, external fixators and other im…
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HIV/AIDS gene therapy work continues with NIH funds
WSU News A blood stem cell transplant done in Germany is believed to have erased the patient’s HIV. He has been free of the disease for five years and that has sparked hope that gene therapy could be a cure for AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). |
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Research discovers gene mutation causing rare eye disease
EurekAlert (press release) Affecting both eyes, it often requires corneal transplantation surgery. Dr. Weiss is one of the world’s leading authorities on the disease. She identified the largest group of people with SCD in the world and corrected misconceptions about the disease … |