01Dec/18

Ex-UNLV soccer star Simon Keith needs second heart transplant – Las Vegas Review-Journal


Las Vegas Review-Journal

Ex-UNLV soccer star Simon Keith needs second heart transplant
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Usually when I receive a text message from Simon Keith, it’s a tip about a young soccer phenom from Las Vegas, or to confirm the llamas will be back at his foundation’s annual golf tournament that raises so much money and awareness for organ donation

01Dec/18

Familial Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation Improves Quality of Life & Neurocognition in Sickle Cell Disease Patients – Rare Disease Report

Familial Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation Improves Quality of Life & Neurocognition in Sickle Cell Disease Patients  Rare Disease Report

Krista Rossi. At the 60th ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, California, a team of investigators presented long-term data on the treatment of familial …

01Dec/18

Familial Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation Improves Quality of Life & Neurocognition in Sickle Cell Disease … – Rare Disease Report


Rare Disease Report

Familial Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation Improves Quality of Life & Neurocognition in Sickle Cell Disease …
Rare Disease Report
The study, titled “Significantly Improved Long Term Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) and Neurocognition Following Familial Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation (HISCT) Utilizing CD34 Enrichment and Mononuclear (CD3) Addback in High Risk …
Familial stem cell transplant improves outcomes in high-risk sickle cell diseaseHealio

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01Dec/18

Familial stem cell transplant improves outcomes in high-risk sickle cell disease – Healio

Familial stem cell transplant improves outcomes in high-risk sickle cell disease
Healio
SAN DIEGO — Myeloablative and haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from parental donors that utilized CD34 enrichment and mononuclear cell addback significantly improved health-related quality of life and neurocognition of high-risk …

01Dec/18

The gift of a kidney from a workmate makes this a special holiday season – Minneapolis Star Tribune


Minneapolis Star Tribune

The gift of a kidney from a workmate makes this a special holiday season
Minneapolis Star Tribune
“There are about 8,000 deceased donors nationally that yield 15,000 to 16,000 kidneys. That just doesn’t meet demand. We have to supplant that with more live donors. We have 125 million potential, live adult donors. Unless we get more live donors