17Jul/18

Andrew Cuomo’s Friends Are Suddenly Giving Him Lots of Small Donations – Slate Magazine


Slate Magazine

Andrew Cuomo’s Friends Are Suddenly Giving Him Lots of Small Donations
Slate Magazine
Campaign finance reports released on Tuesday showed that a number of people related to Cuomo’s staff—including some with considerable means—cut small-dollar checks to the governor. One individual made 69 individual donations in $1, $3 and $5

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17Jul/18

Blood donations decrease in summer, Red Cross says – Weatherford Democrat


Weatherford Democrat

Blood donations decrease in summer, Red Cross says
Weatherford Democrat
Summer marks the decline in blood donations, and sometimes can lead to shortages — especially type O. The American Red Cross issued an emergency call for blood donations from eligible donors earlier this month because of such a shortage. This decline …
Blood supply dwindles after Independence DayChetekalert

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17Jul/18

Organ donor, Women With Will founder now facing failure of remaining kidney – The Herald-Times

The Herald-TimesOrgan donor, Women With Will founder now facing failure of remaining kidneyThe Herald-TimesWhen Emily Ward donated her kidney to her father in 2004, she was told it was rare for a donor to need a new kidney as well later in life. So it …

17Jul/18

Gene editing may enhance CAR T-cell therapy for hematologic malignancies – Healio

Gene editing may enhance CAR T-cell therapy for hematologic malignancies
Healio
… responsible for allogeneic or ‘non-self’ recognition (T-cell receptor/CD3), this would allow us to use ‘off-the-shelf’ third-party T cells from normal donors, thus eliminating any chance of malignant cell contamination and, when infused into an

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17Jul/18

Letter: Marquette women’s basketball player in need of kidney transplant – WTMJ (press release) (blog)


WTMJ (press release) (blog)

Letter: Marquette women’s basketball player in need of kidney transplant
WTMJ (press release) (blog)
A member of the Marquette University women’s basketball team is in need of a kidney transplant, and she is trying to raise awareness about organ donation at the same time. … She has been undergoing four-hour dialysis treatments every week.

17Jul/18

Rice University ready to build new home for social sciences school – American School & University


American School & University

Rice University ready to build new home for social sciences school
American School & University
The $38 million, four-story, 73,000-square-foot Patricia Lipoma Kraft ’87 and Jonathan A. Kraft Hall for Social Sciences will be named to honor the lead donors for the project. Related: Southern University of New Orleans is building an arts, humanities

17Jul/18

Pedalling their way to educate people on blood donation – The Hindu

The HinduPedalling their way to educate people on blood donationThe HinduCarrying blankets to sleep on and plastic sheet to protect them from rain, Jaydeb Routh (47) and Sibli Bishara (22) started their journey from Kolkata to Kanyakumari on July 1 to …