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Gallery: Famous deaths on Valentine’s Day
eNCA Singer Lynden David Hall was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma; he died on 14 February 2006, at the age of 31, from complications resulting from the stem cell transplant he received in January 2005. Doug Fieger, band member of The Knack, battled … |
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Publisher blames Indian law for Hindu book removal
WGCL Atlanta NEW DELHI (AP) – Penguin India publishing house said Friday that “intolerant and restrictive” Indian laws forced it to remove a book from sale after it tried to defend an American author’s religious history against objections from a conservative Hindu … |
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Hickman man beats two cancers, wants to give back
KLKN And is constantly working, even if that means building his own tractor ice cream maker. But he has another birthday he’ll celebrate each year, October 29. After many blood transfusions, that’s the day he got a life-saving stem cell transplant. Mike … |
Organs of brain dead person donatedThe HinduThe organs of a 56-year-old man, who was declared brain dead at Global Health City, were donated by his family members. Philomin Raj, a resident of Chennai, was admitted to the hospital with a history of sudd…
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A different touch to V-Day celebrations
Daily News & Analysis An organ donation awareness programme was also conducted near Masunda lake. Punarjivan Samajik Sanstha conducted a rally to create awareness about organ donation. “On Valentine’s Day, we are expecting more youngsters. It is a perfect opportunity … |
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Giving a spouse the gift of life
Daily News & Analysis The report states that in the last decade, there has been a striking change in the spectrum of living renal donors in India. While spouses constituted just 17.2% of all donors between 2002 and 2006, the percentage has now almost doubled to 34% with … |
Diversity highlight of alumni headed for Hall of HonorAurora Beacon NewsWilliam Beschorner, Class of 1965 (deceased, March 2011), was a pioneer in xenotransplantation, the science of transplanting organs from one species to another. He was internationa…
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Plight of a Young Cancer Survivor
The Atlantic At first, he wanted to forget that it ever happened by returning to his life of touring, a risky operation given that his stem cell transplant made him very susceptible to infection. McMahon’s struggles aren’t rare among young adult cancer survivors. |
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Born Babies Save Lives—Their Own and Others by Their Umbilical Cord Stem …
National Right to Life News The first umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant was performed in October 1988, for a 5-year-old child with Fanconi anemia, a serious condition where the bone marrow fails to make blood cells. That patient is currently alive and healthy, 25 years … Grampa Fighting Cancer Saved by Two BabiesGrowing Your Baby |
Stem cell clinic for 4 year oldCambridge TimesThe goal is to get Katie into remission, to be ready to go for a bone marrow stem cell transplant when a match is found. The lower the number of cancer cells pre-transplant the better, her mom explained. Ka…