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3000 NI elderly survive cancer for at least 10 years
BBC News Brian Coburn, from Banbridge in County Down, was 69 when he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, and at the time was one of the oldest people in Northern Ireland to undergo a stem cell transplant at Belfast City Hospital. Mr Coburn, now 78, said: “At … |
KMOV.com |
Blues Help Honor Teammate’s Sister
New York Times No donor was found, and after a stem-cell transplant using umbilical-cord blood put the cancer in remission only briefly, she died. “She never gave up — she inspired me a lot,” said Jaden Schwartz, who said that he wore certain things to remind him of … Blues to accompany Schwartz to honor late sisterNHL.com |
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Mumbai all set for India’s biggest domino kidney transplants
Daily News & Analysis Legal issues are involved in organ donation cases when the donor and recipient are not related to each other. Dr Vishwanath Billa, nephrologist, Bombay Hospital, and coordinator of Saturday’s domino transplants, told dna on Thursday: “The success of … |
WTAJ |
New Sickle Cell Treatment
WTAJ We can’t transplant you,’” said Shalini Shenoy, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director, Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Dr. Shalini Shenoy is studying a new option … |
gulfnews.comA life of giving hope, sharing and caringgulfnews.comManal became a doctor, Nidal a firefighter, Rahma Cinderella, and Ubayid an army officer. Sultan met Ricardo Oliveira, the striker of Al Jazira Club, Abdul Rahman met Hussain Al Jasmi, Mo…
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What’s On in Chester, Flintshire and Cheshire – January 23 onwards
ChesterChronicle.co.uk (blog) THURSDAY, JANUARY 23. CHESTER: Chester Society of Natural Science Literature and Art meeting with talk on The Incredible East India Company by Roy Willis at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. …. Donations are requested to cover the cost … |
The Hindu |
Brain-dead patient’s organs donated in Vijayawada
The Hindu City-based Brindavan Colony resident Mulakala Padmavathi, 39, went into coma after she suffered a sever brain haemorrhage on January 16. She was subsequently declared brain dead. Her family decided to donate her organs. Four patients in need of … |
E-Pao.netShija records first cornea transplant in StateE-Pao.netObserving that organ donors are usually benevolent and want to provide new life to fellow beings, Dr Palin also reminded that human organs do not serve any purpose once the body is buried …
First cornea transplantation done successfully in StateE-Pao.netSome organs in human body, such as cornea, kidney, lungs, liver, heart, bone marrow, skin, etc, can also be donated and transplanted for giving new lives to other needy persons. In India, …
Transplant offers hopeMonadnock Ledger TranscriptThe kind of transplant Steve, South Carolina resident, will be having is a peripheral blood stem cell transplant. Instead of having marrow extracted from the donor with a surgical procedure that involves…