09Feb/17

Unrelated And Partially Matched Related Donor PSCT w/ TCR αβ Depletion for Patients With BMF – Satellite PR News (press release)

Unrelated And Partially Matched Related Donor PSCT w/ TCR αβ Depletion for Patients With BMF
Satellite PR News (press release)
This is a single arm pilot study using TCR alpha/beta+ T cell-depleted peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) from closely matched unrelated donors or partially matched/haploidentical related donors for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) in patients

09Feb/17

ESMO announces new award for achievements in immuno-oncology – EurekAlert (press release)

ESMO announces new award for achievements in immuno-oncology
EurekAlert (press release)
The new ESMO Award for Immuno-Oncology is in memory of Professor Georges Mathé, a French oncologist and immunologist who performed the first bone marrow graft between unrelated donors in 1958. “Georges Mathé was indeed a pioneer of …

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09Feb/17

MTN Ghana To Hold Mass Blood Donation Exercise On Valentine’s Day Dubbed ‘Save A Life’ – News Ghana


News Ghana

MTN Ghana To Hold Mass Blood Donation Exercise On Valentine’s Day Dubbed ‘Save A Life’
News Ghana
The MTN “Save a Life” project is an annual Valentine’s Day blood donation exercise, organized by the MTN Ghana Foundation which gives MTN staff and other individuals the opportunity to donate blood and stock the National Blood Bank and other regional …

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09Feb/17

New iron guidelines leaves Canadian Blood Services scrambling to find new donors – CTV News


CTV News

New iron guidelines leaves Canadian Blood Services scrambling to find new donors
CTV News
“We decided to put in place these changes to help ensure the well-being of donors,” said Mark Donnison, vice-president of donor relations for Canadian Blood Services. “The real core outcome of this is you see that very frequent donors do have a higher …

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09Feb/17

Vatican Conference Blasts China for Organ Trafficking – Breitbart News


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Vatican Conference Blasts China for Organ Trafficking
Breitbart News
“Organ transplantation must be at the service of life and involve free consent by the living donors or their legitimate representatives. Ascertaining the death of the donor must be diagnosed with certainty, especially when dealing with a child’s death
Vatican conference challenges China on organ traffickingTaipei Times
Organ donations are 100% voluntary, China sees large increase in donorsCCTV
Vatican conference challenges China on organ transplant ethicsDeutsche Welle

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09Feb/17

Organ donation – MessAge Media: Health – Aitkin Independent Age

ecnsOrgan donation – MessAge Media: HealthAitkin Independent AgeFeb. 14 is National Donor Day. Did you know that every 10 minutes someone is added to the transplant waiting list? Currently, there are about 123000 men, …Organ donation in China: 1…