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Hackensack announces physician agreement with Georgetown
NJBIZ Hackensack said its John Theurer Cancer Center has one of the world’s largest blood and marrow stem cell transplant programs, with nearly 5,000 transplants performed since the program began in 1990. Hackensack physicians in that program are members … |
Carmen Tarleton feeling great following face transplant surgery – WCAX
Latinos PostCarmen Tarleton feeling great following face transplant surgeryWCAXThe Vermont woman was badly disfigured when her estranged husband doused her with lye in 2007. It has been a long and painful road to recovery, culminating last month with a…
Urooj Khan Autopsy Results: Chicago Lottery Winner's Death Still Unclear – Huffington Post
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Urooj Khan Autopsy Results: Chicago Lottery Winner’s Death Still Unclear
Huffington Post Authorities initially ruled that the Indian-born businessman died of natural causes, but his brother raised suspicions, leading authorities to test fluids drawn from Khan’s body before he was buried. Those tests showed he had been poisoned, and Khan’s … |
WMC Seniors Learn Benefits of Organ Donation – Patch.com
WMC Seniors Learn Benefits of Organ DonationPatch.comDuring a school event that day, the Turcis invited NJ Sharing Network Transplant Coordinator Oscar Colon, along with Ezequiel and Iris Garcia of Newark to tell the story of their son, Reinaldo, who s…
A nanogel-based treatment for lupus – Medical Xpress
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A nanogel-based treatment for lupus
Medical Xpress In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Tarek Fahmy and colleagues at Yale University report the development of a nanogel-based delivery system that targets an immunosuppressive drug (mycophenolic acid) directly to tissues associated … Nanogels offer new way to attack lupusR & D Magazine |
A better bone marrow transplant: Preventing graft-versus-host disease – EurekAlert (press release)
A better bone marrow transplant: Preventing graft-versus-host diseaseEurekAlert (press release)The current study builds on a new function of Notch signaling that was discovered in the regulation of T cell responses after bone marrow transplantation. Up…
Maldives requires a free and fair election – mydigitalfc.com
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Maldives requires a free and fair election
mydigitalfc.com In the Maldives, former president Nasheed holed up in the Indian High Commission in Male, demanded the resignation of his successor along with the setting up of a neutral caretaker government to ensure free and fair elections. … President Waheed’s … |
Victoria community rallies for Molly, family – Saanich News
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Victoria community rallies for Molly, family
Saanich News Molly underwent a second stem cell transplant there Jan. 30, with doctors harvesting her mother’s bone marrow as part of an experimental treatment protocol. The return of the disease last November, following Molly’s first transplant in 2011 at B.C … |
Alberta Health Services expands use of blood tests that diagnose heart failure – Beacon News (blog)
Alberta Health Services expands use of blood tests that diagnose heart failureBeacon News (blog)A simple blood test now enables Alberta emergency department staff to quickly diagnose if a patient losing breath is undergoing heart failure, said Alberta …
UT neurologist to study how antibodies attack – WBBJ-TV
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UT neurologist to study how antibodies attack
WBBJ-TV Dr. Michael Levin will use the $650,000 in funding to study how an MS patient’s own antibodies attack nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Traditionally, the immune response was thought only to destroy the protective coating of nerve cells, known … |