Team use dual strategy to fight Type 1 diabetesSun-SentinelThe two-step regimen involves bone marrow transplantation and substances that promote the growth of cells that produce insulin, the sugar-regulating hormone that is missing in people who have T…
OregonLive.comLenalidomide prolongs disease control for multiple myeloma patients after stem …Medical XpressMultiple myeloma patients are better equipped to halt progression of this blood cancer if treated with lenalidomide, or Revlimid, following a …
Lenalidomide prolongs disease control for multiple myeloma patients after stem …EurekAlert (press release)Multiple myeloma patients are better equipped to halt progression of this blood cancer if treated with lenalidomide, or Revlimid®, following a …
Leukaemia survivor joins Midnight WalkEssex County StandardMise Knighton's life was saved by chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. She is now recovering and is taking part in St Helena Hospice's Midnight Walk. Mise, who is 26, went to the do…
Peter C. NissilaNRToday.comPeter C. Nissila, age 60, a former Michigan area businessman owner of the Nissila Greenhouses in Ripley, died on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at the Oregon Health and Sciences Hospital in Portland, OR from post stem cell transplant c…
Lenalidomide delays progression of multiple myeloma after stem cell transplantNews-Medical.netA medical procedure called autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, commonly known as a stem cell transplant, is frequently an important treatment …
Boy's death fuels family's missionThe Union LeaderA stem-cell transplant in 2007 saved the child's life, and his story inspired thousands to register as potential donors. Giovanni died at 2:32 am on April 16 — the night of Easter in his m…
Obits: Stacy Robinson, Gunnar Soensteby; Carl BeaneWashington PostHe underwent chemotherapy, a stem-cell transplant and a bone-marrow transplant provided by his son. He entered hospice care on May 3. The speedy, 5-foot-11 Mr. Robinson played all six of…
Modesto BeeFriends come through for ailing Davis artist Gay PowersModesto BeeBy Anita Creamer At 66 and desperately ill with the recurrence of an aggressive form of non- Hodgkins lymphoma, Davis artist Gay Powers needed to move closer to the Sutter Can…
New Maintenance Therapy for Multiple Myeloma Looks Promising, Study SuggestsScience Daily (press release)A medical procedure called autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, commonly known as a stem cell transplant, is frequently an important…