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Three Recipients Thank Family Of Organ Donor
CBS 11 Ty Osman II died in a car accident in East Texas last year. He was an organ donor. Three people who received his organs met Osman’s family Saturday at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, including Paul, who received Ty’s heart. “I am so … Lubbock man meets Tennessee organ donor’s family for the first timeMYfoxLUBBOCK.COM Parents of tragically killed son commemorate anniversary of his death with …Daily Mail |
HIV-positive baby cured with conventional drug therapy – RT
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HIV-positive baby cured with conventional drug therapy
RT In 2007, a blood stem cell transplant using a donor that was naturally resistant to HIV with a rare gene mutation was applied to Brown, transferring the resistance. It is estimated that some 300,000 children were born worldwide with HIV in 2011, mostly … US baby’s HIV infection cured through very early treatmentReuters Baby born with HIV ‘cured’ with drug treatmentScotsman US doctors say child cured of HIVFinancial Times PBS NewsHour (blog) –Science Daily (press release) –GlobalPost all 89 news articles » |
HIV has been cured in a child for the first time – io9
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HIV has been cured in a child for the first time
io9 Ultrasensitive HIV DNA (droplet digital PCR), plasma viral load (single copy) assays, and quantitative co-culture assays were done at age 24 and 26 months to further assess HIV persistence. HLA typing was done to confirm matching of the mother–infant pair. |
Baby born with HIV 'cured' with drug treatment – Scotsman
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Baby born with HIV ‘cured’ with drug treatment
Scotsman His infection was eradicated through an elaborate treatment for leukaemia that involved the destruction of his immune system and a stem cell transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection. In contrast, the case of the … |
US doctors say child cured of HIV – Financial Times
US doctors say child cured of HIVFinancial TimesHis doctors wiped out his own immune system and gave him a stem cell transplant from a donor who carried a rare genetic mutation conferring immunity to HIV infection. Following the transplant Mr Brown, wh…
Squeezed between tempos, youth survives liver damage – Daily News & Analysis
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Squeezed between tempos, youth survives liver damage
Daily News & Analysis “Just as a balloon will burst if squeezed, similarly the liver got compressed and ruptured. Up to 70% of the liver was fragmented and the patient lost more than three litres of blood due to internal bleeding,” said Dr Jitendra Sankpal, medical … |
The 30-year fight against HIV – The Guardian
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The 30-year fight against HIV
The Guardian 2007 Claims that Timothy Brown, 46, known as “the Berlin Patient”, is “cured” of HIV after receiving blood stem cell transplant, during treatment for leukaemia, from donor with a genetic mutation called delta 32 that made him immune to HIV. Estimated 1 … |
Jamul: 24-year-old man fatally injured in collision – Southwest Riverside News Network
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Jamul: 24-year-old man fatally injured in collision
Southwest Riverside News Network He was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital following the crash with “multiple traumatic blunt force injuries,” the Medical Examiner’s Office reported. His condition declined and subsequent evaluations revealed cerebral edema and brain death, officials … |
Proposed organ donor registry could save lives and money – Welland Tribune
Proposed organ donor registry could save lives and moneyWelland TribuneIf a pan-Canadian Organ Donor Registry was established, Malcolm Allen believes hundreds of lives could potentially be saved. The New Democrat MP from Welland introduced a private me…
PGI's 'personalized' cancer remedy at hand – Times of India
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PGI’s ‘personalized’ cancer remedy at hand
Times of India The PGI has been using beta therapy and these isotopes since the last 4-5 months for tumors of lung, pancreas, tumors of the intestine or stomach tract – all of which have a neuroendocrine origin. “The beta rays target the tumor cells precisely. This … |