With India in global network, stem cell transplant to get easierTimes of IndiaIndia's entry into the network will be supervised by John M Goldman, Emeritus professor at the Imperial College, London, and one of the pioneers of stem cell transplant u…

Empty Stocking Fund: Grandmother quit job to care for ailing childSanta Fe New Mexican.comJohanna had to decide between having a job or being by her 8-year-old granddaughter's bedside when she underwent a stem cell transplant this summer, Johanna s…

Medical breakthroughsTODAYonlineDr Ng Oon Tek, consultant at the Department of Infectious Diseases at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, said Brown's bone marrow transplantation cure is unlikely to be a common cure strategy for HIV. "However, for the fie…

Telegraph.co.ukBritain's first hand transplant 'in 2012'Telegraph.co.ukHand transplantation, like face transplantation, involves connecting a variety of different tissue types – including nerves, muscles and skin – known as composite tissue…

Stem-cell registry desperate for donationsVancouver Sun“We have known for many years that while chemotherapy can cure some patients, stem cell transplant, or bone marrow transplant, can cure more,” Shepherd said. While the optimal treatment of year…

Good cheer brightens holiday for Medical Center patientsHouston ChronicleThe 58-year-old newspaper salesman from Louisiana was recovering from a stem cell transplant preceded by a high-dosage of chemotherapy that had left him nearly bald, so his daught…

Siblings bound by blood after stem cell transplantMilwaukee Journal SentinelJohn Raschella, 49, of Kenosha receives a stem cell transplant at Froedtert Hospital on Nov. 1. Raschella, who has been fighting a rare form of cancer, had tried chemo, radiati…

When you wish upon a star: Child cancer survivor and family going to Disney WorldCherokee TribuneRight after Christmas last year, Claire underwent a stem cell transplant — a three-week process that was not only physically difficult for Claire, but al…

Best gift ever: being 'normal' againAldergrove StarThere were no guarantees of success when the Aldergrove youth underwent chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant at BC Children's Hospital in September. Carter was only the second case of ch…

A HOLIDAY MIRACLEAsbury Park PressBy June, Mya's cancer had relapsed after a stem cell transplant two years earlier. Doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia told Kelly Terry a second stem cell transplant would not work. “They told …