Bone Marrow - Chemical spill in Chinese river may pose cancer risk

Chemical spill in Chinese river may pose cancer risk
New Scientist - Nov 25 11:00 AM
But depriving the 9 million people in the region of water also creates danger by putting elderly people and young children at serious risk of dehydrationSave to My Web

Leukemia patient awaits transplant from 2-year-old sibling
WOI-TV Des Moins - Nov 30 8:46 AM
DAVENPORT, Iowa Gabe Moen is only two years old -- but he's already his big brother's hero.Save to My Web

China To Help Russia With Benzene Slick
Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
China will send equipment by Friday to test water for benzene to Russian authorities as the contaminated slick in the Songhua River approaches the international border, Chinese officials said Tuesday.Save to My Web

Multi-Car Crash Closes I-5 Near Arlington
KOMO - Nov 27 4:29 PM
The northbound lanes of the freeway are shut after several cars hit slick spots north of Arlington and collided.Save to My Web

Down-to-earth pleasures
The Budapest Sun - Nov 30 3:09 PM
ELEGANT, more businesslike than cozy design, food you'd expect in a cs rda, and a handsome waiter more suited in his looks to be a member of the Hungarian waterpolo team than a restaurant employee: this mixture is Bock Bisztr , located on the ground floor of the Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal.Save to My Web

Finally, a Healthy Reason for Fat?
BusinessWeek - 28 minutes ago
A simple procedure to separate stem cells from fat -- and reinject them into a patient -- could mean big gains for tiny biotech Cytori Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Sportsmedicine: EPO - The Endurance Athlete's Steroid

Sportsmedicine: EPO - The Endurance Athlete's Steroid
RunnersWeb.com - Nov 24 7:38 AM
EPO (erythropoietin) is not a drug it is a peptide hormone produced naturally in the body, manufactured and released from the kidney.Save to My Web

Buried under bills and grief, couple loses faith
Dallas Morning News - Nov 26 9:11 AM
For John and Keri Atchley of Grand Prairie, 2005 has been one giant test of faith.Save to My Web

Audit Pushes for More Isotopes
RedNova - Nov 25 7:35 PM
By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Nov. 25--The Department of Energy is not providing research isotopes that may lead to breakthroughs for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers and other diseases, according to an audit of DOE's Office of Inspector General.Save to My Web

Sphingomyelinase Mediates Macrophage Activation By Titanium Particles Independent of Phagocytosis: A Role for Free
RedNova - Nov 29 2:35 AM
By Soloviev, Alexander; Schwarz, Edward M; Darowish, Michael; O'Keefe, Regis J Abstract The manner in which wear debris initiates intracellular signaling and macrophage activation remains poorly understood.Save to My Web

How the Immune System Recognizes and Responds to Cancer, UCLA
Medical News Today - Nov 26 7:07 AM
Using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center were able to observe - in real time - how the immune system initially recognizes cancer and mobilizes to fight the disease.Save to My Web

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Athens News Agency, Greece - Nov 23, 2005 to surgery to correct the platelet count, Guillain Barr? Syndrome, Kawasaki Syndrome and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.

Long-term remission after autologous peripheral blood stem cell
Nature.com (subscription), UK - Nov 24, 2005 Upfront or salvage autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation (auto-PBSCT) is an 8 Bone marrow examination revealed a normal distribution of cells.

Very Mean Tumor
Kommersant, Russia - Nov 25, 2005 recurrence. And in order to survive the boy needs a transplantation of bone marrow. His parents and his brother could not be donors.

CO2 sensing proves critical for fungal pathogens
RxPG NEWS, CA - Nov 27, 2005 Both cause life-threatening, invasive infections in immunocompromised patients--for example, those infected with HIV or undergoing bone-marrow transplantation.

Girl Scout Troop To Hold Marrow Donor Drive
Yankton Daily Press, SD - Nov 24, 2005 These cells usually live in bone marrow but are also To find out more about unrelated transplantation as a life-saving therapy, becoming a marrow or blood

ViroPharma Completes Enrollment in Phase 2 Clinical Study of
PrimeZone (press release), CA - 20 hours ago Patients who are immunosuppressed following hematopoietic stem cell (bone marrow) or solid organ transplantation are at high risk of CMV infection.

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Bone Marrow - Master Switch for Blood Cell Development Detected

Master Switch for Blood Cell Development Detected
uniprotokolle - Nov 25 4:55 AM
E m b a r g o ed until: Sunday, November 27, 2005, 1 pm EST, 6pm GMT, 19:00 CET Blood cells develop from blood stem cells in the bone marrow. Their development is regulated by roughly 20 gene regulators or transcription factors.Save to My Web

Master Switch for Blood Cell Development Detected
Medical News Today - Nov 27 6:07 PM
Blood cells develop from blood stem cells in the bone marrow. Their development is regulated by roughly 20 gene regulators or transcription factors. One transcription factor, called PU.1, plays a central role in this vital process.Save to My Web

Young leukemia patient is thankful for life & Family
CentralOhio.com - Nov 24 10:09 AM
MARION - Ridgedale sixth-grader Abbie Dunn doesn't care if she has ham or turkey or even pizza or peanut butter sandwiches for dinner today. She is just thankful to be able to be home with her family.Save to My Web

Stanford Study of Sea Squirt Provides Clue to Human Immune System
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 23 10:00 AM
STANFORD, Calif.----Nov. 23, 2005--"You can eat your relatives but not your friends," could be the off-kilter credo of a tiny marine invertebrate called a sea squirt that can physically merge with, and parasitize, its own kin.Save to My Web

Fowler a two-time cancer survivor
Lebanon Enterprise - Nov 22 6:13 AM
Lisa Fowler, 17, is like many high school seniors. She's been narrowing down her list of possible colleges to attend. She's even considering a career in nursing.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Modern chic

Modern chic
The Star Online - Nov 25 4:39 PM
Festival menu price: RM180++ per person without wine . Visa cardholders get 15% discount off festival menu. WALKING into Third Floor is like stepping into the pages of a modern interior design magazine.Save to My Web

Baxter's new IVIG product receives marketing authorisation from EU
PharmaBiz - Nov 25 7:49 PM
Baxter s ready-to-use liquid 10% Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG), has received unanimous positive opinion for marketing authorisation from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA). Once licensed, the therapy will be marketed under the name KIOVIG. It is the first IVIG that will be licensed through the EMEA's centralised approval process Save to My Web

Bridge-Jumping Cat Gets A New Home
KOMO - Nov 26 6:27 PM
Bridget used up several of her nine lives in a 70-foot leap into the Columbia River earlier this month. She just completed a cross-country flight to her new home in Maine.Save to My Web

Roads Closures Due To Seattle Marathon
KOMO - Nov 26 6:42 PM
Drivers may need to take a few detours Sunday to make room for all the people participating in the 36th Annual Seattle Marathon.Save to My Web

'Dirty bomb' remedies needed
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Nov 22 9:13 PM
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has received a $10 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to create a new center that will work on ways to treat large numbers of people exposed to radiation in a terrorist attack.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - double delight in store for brave anna

double delight in store for brave anna
Wrexham Leader - Nov 25 7:21 AM
A BRAVE young girl, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, is continuing to make progress in her recovery and is looking forward to her birthday and Christmas.Save to My Web

Thousands Roll Up Sleeves For Chargers Blood Drive
KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Nov 22 7:30 PM
The 27th annual Chargers Blood Drive was held Tuesday at the Town and Country Convention Center.Save to My Web

Drive looks to find marrow donors
Ascension Citizen - Nov 22 11:10 AM
The TIMBOME Marrow Fund will host a volunteer bone marrow donor recruitment drive Saturday, Dec. 3 at Household of Faith Church, 10469 Airline Hwy., Gonzales from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Save to My Web

Bucks for the battle
Herald & Review - Nov 22 10:05 PM
MOWEAQUA - On the first Sunday of September, Barb McLeod of Moweaqua woke up with a bruise on her right chest which hadn't been there when she went to bed.Save to My Web

Red Cross to hold November blood drive at PCCUA
Helena Daily World - Nov 25 4:10 PM
Blood donors typically leave the blood center feeling proud of helping give someone another chance, especially during this season of holiday giving. American Red Cross (ARC) volunteers are asking community members to spread the joy this holiday season by giving the gift of life.Save to My Web

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Wire in the blood: Part II (Bone Marrow)

Wire in the blood: Part II
Cyclingnews.com - Nov 22 4:01 PM
In Part II, Cyclingnews ' Anthony Tan examines the robustness of the test used to convict Tyler Hamilton of homologous blood transfusion, where much of the debate has been centred.Save to My Web

Red Cross to hold November blood drive at PCCUA
Helena Daily World - Nov 24 4:10 PM
Blood donors typically leave the blood center feeling proud of helping give someone another chance, especially during this season of holiday giving. American Red Cross (ARC) volunteers are asking community members to spread the joy this holiday season by giving the gift of life.Save to My Web

SAVE OUR GIRL
Daily Record - Nov 22 1:55 AM
TODDLER Teigan Dunnachie is facing death unless a bone marrow dono rcan be found. The two-year-old has been in and out of hospital since birth but her illnesses mystified doctors until just twoweeks ago.Save to My Web

Desperate parents save daughter conceiving another baby as a donor
Pravda - Nov 19 5:06 AM
Natasha was 3 years old when she was diagnosed with leukemia. The transplantation of bone marrow was the only way to treat the disease . Natasha's brother was conceived and born to save her life.Save to My Web

Please save my little girl ... a mum's plea from the US
Belfast Telegraph - Nov 19 3:08 AM
A desperate mum sent out an SOS from America last night to people across Northern Ireland: "Please help save my little girl's life." Marie Fearon, originally from Newry but now living in Connecticut, told how her nine-year-old daughter Aileen desperately needed a bone marrow transplant.Save to My Web

Crucial donations
Houston Chronicle - Nov 19 12:24 PM
The donor registry allows patients and their physicians access to 10 million potential bone marrow donors worldwide. Such donations are crucial to help those with blood and immune system diseases, such as leukemia and lymphoma.Save to My Web

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A Thanksgiving worth cheering for (Bone Marrow)

A Thanksgiving worth cheering for
Columbia Falls Hungry Horse News, MT - 17 hours ago diagnosis. Her recovery was aided in large part by a successful bone marrow transplant from her then 9-year-old sister, Shelby. Shelby

Cancer survivor wanted to coach just one more game
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), GA - 3 hours ago During his eighth-grade season, his father was in a hospital in North Carolina receiving a bone marrow transplant. Tony, who played

More tailored therapy for kids' cancers?
United Press International - 18 hours ago are receiving very intensive chemotherapy and bone-marrow transplants, which Another common treatment for neuroblastoma, stem-cell transplant, requires about

A lifesaving gift
Quad City Times, IA - 7 hours ago Gabe is an exact match for a bone marrow transplant with Chance. AS MUCH AS THIS CASE BOTHERS ME AND EVERYONE FROM EVERY WALK

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Become a bone marrow, blood stem cell donor

Become a bone marrow, blood stem cell donor
Marshfield Mariner, MA - 11 hours ago with a blood stem cell or bone marrow transplant. Mitt Romney has proclaimed November Marrow Awareness Month chief of the Stem Cell Transplantation Program and

Patient Recruitment Completed for Phase IIa Clinical Trial of ATL
PharmaLive.com (press release), PA - 20 hours ago in patients undergoing chemotherapy, prior to blood stem cell transplantation for the following the chemotherapy used to destroy their cancer and bone marrow.

'Dirty bomb' remedies needed
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 11 hours ago The Pitt site is focusing on drug discovery, but other centers will work on improving bone marrow transplantation, developing devices to rapidly measure

Let games begin for organ recipients
Indianapolis Star, United States - Nov 22, 2005 of organ transplants, including heart, liver, kidney, lung, pancreas and bone marrow. calls attention to the success of organ and tissue transplantation and a

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Surgeons Implant Heart Pump in
RxPG NEWS, CA - Nov 18, 2005 cardiac treatments at other hospitals and an existing bone marrow abnormality ruled out a ailing heart until a donor heart could be found for transplantation.

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Former fullback Weatherspoon dies; aided Buffs' turnaround (Bone Marrow)

Former fullback Weatherspoon dies; aided Buffs' turnaround
Rocky Mountain News.com - Nov 17 12:11 AM
Anthony Weatherspoon, a popular CU player in the 1980s, "had that brilliant smile."Save to My Web

Fighting for life
United States Marines - Nov 17 12:15 PM
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Nov. 17, 2005) -- Servicemembers, in many regards, are modern-day heroes.Save to My Web

National Marrow Donor Program's Global Network
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 16 6:18 AM
The world's transplant community comes together today to recognize the 10 million individuals who have registered as volunteer marrow or blood cell donors. This includes participants from 56 donor registries in 42 countries and 38 cord blood banks in 21 countries.Save to My Web

SAVE OUR GIRL
Daily Record - Nov 22 1:54 AM
TODDLER Teigan Dunnachie is facing death unless a bone marrow dono rcan be found. The two-year-old has been in and out of hospital since birth but her illnesses mystified doctors until just twoweeks ago.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Freshman wins in national contest

Freshman wins in national contest
Clemson Tiger News, SC - Nov 18, 2005 Bone marrow transplants require the two parties to be of the same ethnic background. The daughter of the Minnesota Twins star died of leukemia at the age of 18

Holiday calendar sales to benefit Nevada resident
Nevada Journal, IA - Nov 18, 2005 Storey was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in July. She recently learned she will have to have a bone marrow transplant within the next six to 12

Cause of leukemia found by Chinese scientists
People's Daily Online, China - 10 hours ago Leukemia is a malignant disease (cancer) of the bone marrow and blood severely threatening people's health. It has the highest occurrence

Friends rally around leukemia patient
Madison Eagle, NJ - Nov 17, 2005 support Grant Maxwell of Niles Avenue, who was diagnosed earlier this year with leukemia and is undergoing chemotherapy while he awaits a bone marrow transplant

Seattle Genetics targets leukemia
Everett Navy Base News, WA - Nov 18, 2005 The study will target patients with acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, and related myelodysplastic syndromes who are not eligible

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Bone Marrow - Desperate parents save daughter conceiving another baby as a donor

Desperate parents save daughter conceiving another baby as a donor
Pravda - Nov 19 5:15 AM
Natasha was 3 years old when she was diagnosed with leukemia. The transplantation of bone marrow was the only way to treat the disease . Natasha's brother was conceived and born to save her life.Save to My Web

Statins may stimulate stem cells for heart repair
Medical News Today - Nov 19 4:09 PM
The drug pravastatin, which is used widely to decrease high cholesterol, may provide a previously unknown cardiovascular benefit in addition to lowering lipids.Save to My Web

Exercise may ward off death in women with metabolic syndrome
EurekAlert! - Nov 14 7:47 AM
DALLAS A high level of fitness may extend the lives of women with metabolic syndrome, according to new findings presented today by a cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at the annual American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.Save to My Web

DOR BioPharma Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results and Reviews Recent Achievements
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 14 1:26 PM
MIAMI----Nov. 14, 2005--DOR BioPharma Inc. announced today its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2005. The company will host a conference call on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2005, at 10 a.m.Save to My Web

BrainStorm Chief Scientist to Present at California-Israel Stem Cell Symposium
RedNova - Nov 16 7:30 AM
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (OTCBB:BCLI), today announced that the company's chief scientist, Dr. Daniel Offen, will make a presentation at an international stem cell symposium hosted by the Cedars-Sinai Stem Cell Initiative in Los Angeles, California, on November 17.Save to My Web

Stem cell scientists to testify on bills limiting their research
Ohio News Network - Nov 14 3:28 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- State lawmakers poised to vote on limiting the use of state money for embryonic stem cell research will hear for the first time Tuesday from affected researchers.Save to My Web

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Siblings stay strong (Bone Marrow)

Siblings stay strong
Marion Chronicle Tribune, IN - Nov 13, 2005 "All I was concerned about was, 'Tell me if I can do the bone marrow,'" she said. The test revealed Sprong had a tear in her aortic artery, something that

Burden of proof in match-fixing allegations often baffling
Standard, Kenya - Nov 13, 2005 Cricket Test and one day international matches are considered the epicentre of Unless someone pricked by his conscience to the bone marrow confesses as Cronje

Drive looks to find marrow donors
Gonzales Ascension Citizen, LA - Nov 16, 2005 We are coordinating a Bone Marrow Drive in Tim's name to help It is a simple blood test. The national registry is in desperate need of ethnic donors.

A chance to save a life by taking this simple test
Tufts Daily, MA - Nov 17, 2005 in a number of steps, beginning with a blood test, and possibly ending with a transplant of stem cells, either directly from the bone marrow or from a newer

Merck/Schering-Plough Announces Update for the IMPROVE-IT Trial
Business Wire (press release), CA - Nov 15, 2005 of mutagenicity was observed in a microbial mutagenicity (Ames) test with or in CHO cells, or an in vivo chromosomal aberration assay in mouse bone marrow.

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Adoptive parents dealt health crisis feted with award (Bone Marrow)

Adoptive parents dealt health crisis feted with award
NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - Nov 13, 2005 just heartbreaking for us to hear, no, he didn't have leukemia, because it A bone marrow or stem cell transplant, the only cures for Wiskott-Aldrich, is planned

Gifts of life
Albany Times Union, NY - Nov 15, 2005 with leukemia is now healthy and raising a little girl. Bob Bownes knows he has a small part in that family, because he decided to be put on a bone marrow

Running Notes by Carolyn Thornton: Whether running or walking
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - Nov 14, 2005 had been diagnosed with leukemia while on a training run with his father, Matt Breede. Although Matthew underwent a successful bone marrow transplant, he later

Pentostatin/Cytoxan /Rituxan Shows High Activity in High-Risk
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN - Nov 17, 2005 blood and in bone marrow (spongy material inside large bones that produces blood-forming cells). CLL is the most common form of adult leukemia, and the

Milwaukie family's life shifts radically after leukemia strikes 4
OregonLive.com, OR - 2 hours ago cancer in children. Leukemia is a "liquid tumor" of the blood that starts in the bone marrow and crowds out normal blood cells.

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Baby recovering from stem cell treatment

Baby recovering from stem cell treatment
KSBY, CA - Nov 13, 2005 He and his dad are recovering from an experimental stem cell treatment, that will hopefully help his body accept the bone marrow transplant he received less

Scientists Succeed in Growing Cartilage Tissue From Stem Cells
Bloomberg - Nov 16, 2005 Stem cells have the potential to multiply and become any cell, tissue or Researchers are working on gaining adult stem cells from bone marrow, skin or fat

The month of many causes
Amity Observer, CT - Nov 16, 2005 every 15 minutes, someone in the United States is diagnosed with a medical condition that requires treatment with a blood stem cell or bone marrow transplant.

Wife: please help ease my husband's suffering
Bexley Express, UK - 12 hours ago and members of the minority ethnic community on the register as 70 per cent of patients, like Somir, requiring a bone marrow or a stem cell transplant need an

National Marrow Donor Program's Global Network
Yahoo! News (press release) - Nov 16, 2005 International exchange of bone marrow and cord blood units is important Program (NMDP) helps people who need a life- saving marrow or blood cell transplant.

Singapore doctors find the 'Holy Grail' in transplant
TODAYonline, Singapore - Nov 11, 2005 by performing the first kidney and bone marrow transplant in Asia. both kidney failure and a stem cell disease called disease in which the bone marrow doesn't

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Study: Angioplasty a safe, outpatient procedure (Bone Marrow)

Study: Angioplasty a safe, outpatient procedure
USA Today - Nov 13 3:33 PM
New research presented by researchers Sunday suggests a new approach to angioplasty makes it safe to send patients home the same day. Complications were no greater for those who went home a few hours afterward than for those who were hospitalized overnight.Save to My Web

PET imaging reveals the immune system at work
Medical News Today - Nov 17 4:06 AM
For clinicians, the ability to look routinely inside the body and see - the level of the cell - how it confronts disease is a distant dream.Save to My Web

Bone marrow donor recruits others to join registry
Houston Chronicle - Nov 11 10:57 PM
A drop of blood changed Carlos Rodriguez's life. About seven years ago, the 55-year-old Houston postal worker gave blood at work. Nurses pricked his finger to get an extra drop of blood to test his compatibility with people who needed bone marrow transplants. Save to My Web

Drive looks to find marrow donors
Ascension Citizen - Nov 16 12:25 PM
The TIMBOME Marrow Fund will host a volunteer bone marrow donor recruitment drive Saturday, Dec. 3 at Household of Faith Church, 10469 Airline Hwy., Gonzales from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Save to My Web

Pegasys(R) Shows Encouraging Interim Results for Hepatitis C Patients in Whom Peg-Intron(R) Therapy Failed
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 14 10:59 AM
Roche announced today plans to present interim results from a study showing that re-treatment with Pegasys plus Copegus reduced viral levels in hepatitis C patients for whom treatment with Peg-Intron plus Rebetol had failed.Save to My Web

Patients Increasingly Sent Home Same Day After Angioplasty
Local6.com Central Florida - Nov 14 6:58 AM
DALLAS -- It's not as routine as having your teeth cleaned, but a growing number of people are going to hospitals to get their heart arteries unclogged and going home the same day.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - New Data from Investigational Study of QUADRAMET(R) in Multiple Myeloma to be Presented at American Society of

New Data from Investigational Study of QUADRAMET(R) in Multiple Myeloma to be Presented at American Society of
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 16 6:30 AM
Cytogen Corporation today announced that an abstract relating to its flagship product QUADRAMET has been accepted for presentation at the upcoming 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology and has been posted by ASH on the ASH website, http://www.hematology.org.Save to My Web

Progenitor Cells Stem Damage After Heart Attack
HealthCentral.com - Nov 15 3:08 AM
MONDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A type of stem cell therapy may offer hope to heart attack survivors who face the prospect of continued heart damage, new research shows.Save to My Web

First Long Term Phase II Study of CERA in Renal Patients Not Yet on Dialysis Showed Sustained and Stable Control of
RedNova - Nov 12 1:31 PM
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche's innovative anti-anemia agent CERA (Continuous Erythropoietin Receptor Activator) was able to control anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not on dialysis within a narrow target range set out in expert guidelines for more than one year.Save to My Web

Compound from marine bacteria shows potential as multiple myeloma therapy
EurekAlert! - Nov 14 9:17 AM
An anti-cancer compound derived from bacteria dwelling in ocean-bottom sediments appears in laboratory tests to be a potent killer of drug-resistant multiple myeloma cells, and potentially with less toxicity than current treatments, report Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers in the November issue of Cancer Cell.Save to My Web

Send holiday cards that care
Detroit Free Press - Nov 12 1:48 AM
Just think how good you'd feel if you could help metro Detroit children who've lost their hair, parents who have lost a child, families who have lost their homes.Save to My Web

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MOZOBIL(TM) abstracts accepted for presentation at the American Society of Hematology Conference (Bone Marrow)

MOZOBIL(TM) abstracts accepted for presentation at the American Society of Hematology Conference
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 15 1:50 PM
AnorMED Inc. announced today that 12 clinical and preclinical abstracts on MOZOBIL , a first in class stem cell mobilizer, have been accepted for presentation at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting, being held in Atlanta, Georgia, December 10-13th, 2005.Save to My Web

Drive looks to find marrow donors
Ascension Citizen - Nov 16 12:25 PM
The TIMBOME Marrow Fund will host a volunteer bone marrow donor recruitment drive Saturday, Dec. 3 at Household of Faith Church, 10469 Airline Hwy., Gonzales from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Save to My Web

National Marrow Donor Program's Global Network
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 16 6:18 AM
The world's transplant community comes together today to recognize the 10 million individuals who have registered as volunteer marrow or blood cell donors. This includes participants from 56 donor registries in 42 countries and 38 cord blood banks in 21 countries.Save to My Web

Donor program organizes drive at Yale-New Haven
Yale Daily News - Nov 14 12:49 AM
When Susan Murphy of Madison, Conn., was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, a rapidly-spreading cancer, in early 2002, she had to look across the country for a badly-needed bone marrow transplant.Save to My Web

Donor program organizes drive at Yale-New Haven
Yale Daily News - Nov 14 12:57 AM
When Susan Murphy of Madison, Conn., was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, a rapidly-spreading cancer, in early 2002, she had to look across the country for a badly-needed bone marrow transplant.Save to My Web

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Bone marrow donor recruits others

Bone marrow donor recruits others
Houston Chronicle, United States - Nov 11, 2005 Nurses pricked his finger to get an extra drop of blood to test his compatibility with people who needed bone marrow transplants.

It s all in the family at Porter
Grays Harbor Daily World, WA - Nov 10, 2005 But she had to pass a test proving she had enough stamina for at least three hours of Mrs. Beerbower had three bone marrow biopsies, the first for diagnosis.

Burden of proof in match-fixing allegations often baffling
Standard, Kenya - Nov 13, 2005 Cricket Test and one day international matches are considered the epicentre of Unless someone pricked by his conscience to the bone marrow confesses as Cronje

Siblings stay strong
Marion Chronicle Tribune, IN - Nov 13, 2005 "All I was concerned about was, 'Tell me if I can do the bone marrow,'" she said. The test revealed Sprong had a tear in her aortic artery, something that

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Babies provide (Bone Marrow) lifelines

Babies provide lifelines
The Charlotte Observer - Nov 07 12:02 AM
eter Bernard Storm started life as a big contributor. Someday, he may save a life.Save to My Web

Plea to save life of toddler
Gulf Daily News - Nov 07 5:08 PM
AN urgent appeal went out yesterday to help save the life of a Bahraini toddler stricken by a rare disease. Two-year-old Abdul Aziz Rasmy Owayed Alhasan suffers from the rare disease Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant.Save to My Web

Pioneering treatment aimed at curing cancer
Independent - Nov 08 2:35 AM
FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2004 My wife sends me to the doctor. Two days later I am due to run in the Crouch End 10km "fun run", and I've been training for six weeks. My wife says I've lost too much weight. "Pah!" I say.Save to My Web

Babies provide lifelines
The Charlotte Observer - Nov 09 1:17 AM
eter Bernard Storm started life as a big contributor. Someday, he may save a life.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Obituary: Minako Honda

Obituary: Minako Honda
The Japan Times - Nov 06 4:04 PM
Kyodo News Singer and actress Minako Honda died of acute myeloid leukemia early Sunday, her family said. She was 38. Honda, whose real name was Minako Kudo, made her debut as a pop singer in 1985. She won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist that year.Save to My Web

Family conversation key to organ donation, survey
Medical News Today - Nov 08 10:15 AM
With the black community facing an ever-growing need for organ donation, the findings of a national survey released today show that a family discussion about organ donation - one of the most important steps in the process of becoming an organ donor - is often overlooked, with more than 8 out of 10 African Americans unaware of the importance of speaking to their loved ones about their wish to Save to My Web

Kailee survives second transplant
Albuquerque Tribune Online - Nov 08 11:12 AM
An 8-year-old Albuquerque girl whose brave fight against a rare blood disease has touched hearts and made headlines around the globe has won another battle by surviving a second bone marrow transplant.Save to My Web

25 Years of Karin & Abner: Raising Millions for Miracles
KCBD-TV - Nov 08 9:04 PM
Over the past 25 years, one of the many accomplishments that comes with being the longest running anchor team in the country, perhaps none sets them apart more than their work with children.Save to My Web

Jamaica Womans Kidney Quest Ends With Donation By Friend
Queens Chronicle - Nov 10 9:13 AM
A Jamaica woman, who beat leukemia only to face kidney failure, has a new kidney thanks to the generosity of a friend. This week, 25-year-old Nidha Mubdis 5-year search for a kidney donor ended when Derek Ivery, a college friend, donated one of his.Save to My Web

Albuquerque girl survives second bone marrow transplant
KVIA - Nov 08 12:47 PM
ALBUQUERQUE An eight-year-old Albuquerque girl with a rare blood disease has survived her second bone marrow transplant that could save her life.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Bone marrow donation just felt 'good'

Bone marrow donation just felt 'good'
WFSB 3 - Nov 10 4:25 AM
Sheryl Simoni knows first hand how vital life saving donations are. She gives blood because her father has needed it over and over again. "My dad's had a lot of surgery," Simoni says. "And way back when I started this I thought, 'somebody's given blood for him.'Save to My Web

THE SKINNY ON MOVIES LAWRENCE TOPPMAN: Asheville fest has some gems, but will we see them?
The Charlotte Observer - Nov 09 3:44 PM
Charlotte moviegoers are used to delayed gratification: We may wait weeks for the cream of New York/Los Angeles to get here. We'll have to wait way longer for the best work from the Asheville Film Festival to arrive, but file these titles in your brain attic and hope for the best.Save to My Web

Making a difference
Sun Star - Nov 07 9:32 AM
YOU don't have to be famous or somebody to really make a difference in this world. That's what "Everyday Heroes," one of my favorite columns in Reader's Digest, is trying to prove. Every quarter, "the world's largest circulation magazine", is churning out stories of "selfless and inspiring deeds."Save to My Web

A Mother's Love Finds Marrow Donor
CBS News - Nov 08 7:00 AM
Eight-year-old Kailee Wells needs a transplant because she has a rare, often fatal blood disease, aplastic anemia. Her mother's dogged determination led to a donor, who was found in China. Kailee's procedure is imminent.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - A Hard Bargain: Here Today, Gone to Marrow

A Hard Bargain: Here Today, Gone to Marrow
Daily Californian, CA - 4 hours ago counts, said senior Michael Weber, who has been donating bone marrow for three The center's donor list is composed almost exclusively of UC Berkeley students

Mason Haley: Needed kidney transplant
News & Star, UK - 6 hours ago Every 70 raised will enable the Anthony Nolan Trust to put one more person on to the national bone marrow donor register, that one being the very person who

Very special student loses courageous fight
Leelanau Enterprise, MI - 5 hours ago Justin s requirements on the National Bone Marrow Registry Italy too far away to extract marrow and have The program required that donor and recipient not

Pioneering treatment aimed at curing cancer
Independent, UK - Nov 8, 2005 The first thing is to find a donor. to come down on the next plane, but the Anthony Nolan Trust, the charity that maintains the UK's bone-marrow register, will

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ABC 7 Medical: Bone Marrow Donor

ABC 7 Medical: Bone Marrow Donor
WJLA, DC - Nov 8, 2005 Alice Masticola -Bone Marrow Transplant Recepient: "I can't wait to meet him I hope he wants to meet me as much as I want to meet him".

Maranda: High school senior battles leukemia
The Grand Rapids Press, MI - Nov 6, 2005 He needs a bone marrow transplant. If things go according to schedule, Doug will be able to have the bone marrow transplant he desperately needs.

IUPUI senior donating marrow to dying stranger
Indianapolis Star, United States - 23 hours ago "It would mean more if I did.". A bone marrow transplant is a potentially life-saving treatment for patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood diseases.

A Light In Times Of Darkness
Harrisonburg Daily News Record, VA - Nov 6, 2005 Lou Shickel. Kelly was diagnosed with leukemia in 2002 and underwent chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. Rockingham County

11-year-old boy honored by Dalai Lama in SF
San Francisco Chronicle, United States - Nov 7, 2005 homeschooled the rest of the year. Last December, he received a bone marrow transplant at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.

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25 Years of Karin & Abner: Raising Millions for Miracles

25 Years of Karin & Abner: Raising Millions for Miracles
KCBD-TV, TX - 19 hours ago During a CMN telethon Karin said, "Nikki Vincent was a beautiful 16-year-old girl she was waiting for a bone marrow transplant and she died before her sister

Risking it all
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), GA - Nov 7, 2005 Iraq. And he needed the money to support his wife and children. His daughter has cancer and needs a bone marrow transplant, he said.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to Deliver Principal Convocation
Yeshiva Univeristy, NY - Nov 7, 2005 a dramatic turn. He was diagnosed with leukemia and told that a bone marrow transplant was his only hope. After close relatives

Bone marrow match found for ex-Shreveport couple's son
Shreveport Times, LA - Nov 5, 2005 bears more than 5 million names. Nationwide, there are 35,000 people awaiting a bone marrow transplant. And a drive in mid-August

More hospital space planned
Rocky Mountain News, CO - Nov 7, 2005 at P/SL, renovate adult service areas in the existing hospital to expand high-demand services such as cancer care and the bone marrow transplant unit and build

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HALL OF SHAME (Bone Marrow)

HALL OF SHAME
Ballymena News, UK - 8 hours ago the Northern Board area and throughout Northern Ireland to fund the provision of Velcade - used to fight myeloma, a cancer affecting the blood and bone marrow.

Pluristem Appoints Arnon Nagler, MD, MSc. to Scientific Advisory
Genetic Engineering News, NY - 5 hours ago Medicine at Tel-Aviv University, Director of Hematology at Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer and is also Director of Bone Marrow Transplantation and the

ABC 7 Medical: Bone Marrow Donor
WJLA, DC - 17 hours ago Alice Masticola -Bone Marrow Transplant Recepient: "I can't wait to meet him I hope he wants to meet me as much as I want to meet him".

Updated Results: AMN107 Effective for Patients with CML Who Do Not
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN - 19 hours ago It affects approximately 4,600 people annually in the US The bone marrow contains early blood-forming cells called stem cells, which grow and mature into three

Students Support Red Cross Blood Drive Despite Long Lines
Howard University Hilltop (subscription), DC - 10 hours ago Triplett said that interested parties can sign up to donate bone marrow at the March blood drive, which is an option if a donor cannot give blood.

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Ex Vivo Expanded Dendritic Cells Home to T-Cell Zones of Lymphoid (Bone Marrow)

Ex Vivo Expanded Dendritic Cells Home to T-Cell Zones of Lymphoid
Am J Pathology (subscription) - 12 hours ago We investigated the trafficking pattern of eDCs in mice after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation by using bioluminescence imaging.

Appeal for help by Violet Martis
Bellevision, India - Nov 5, 2005 Violet now needs reinduction of chemotheraphy, followed by bone marrow transplantation to give her a reasonable chance of long term survival.

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals to Present at Rodman & Renshaw Techvest 7th
Yahoo! News (press release) - Nov 3, 2005 arthritis and ulcerative colitis); Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; Biodefense/Radioprotection; Tumor Suppression/Bone Marrow Transplantation; and Stroke.

Money hurdle delays bowel surgery
Australian, Australia - Nov 4, 2005 But the experience overseas is that the intestinal transplantation is cost-effective within one That happened with the first bone marrow and heart transplants.

Plea to save life of toddler
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - Nov 7, 2005 The centre's bone marrow and stem cell transplantation programme director Dr Mahmoud Sarhan has agreed to treat Abdul Aziz, but the operation alone would cost

International Approvals: Kepivance, Generic Flixonase, Revatio
Medscape (subscription) - Nov 7, 2005 undergoing myeloablative therapy associated with a high incidence of oral mucositis, and requiring autologous blood and bone marrow transplantation.

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Bone Marrow - Updated Results: AMN107 Effective for Patients with CML Who Do Not

Updated Results: AMN107 Effective for Patients with CML Who Do Not
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN - 5 hours ago These leukemia cells then crowd the bone marrow and blood, suppressing formation curative option for patients with CML was an allogeneic stem cell transplant.

Actor Herrera sharing his struggle with cancer
Greenwood Commonwealth, MS - Nov 6, 2005 But he received a stem-cell transplant at Anderson in the summer of 1999 of donor was taking out the cancer, my new immune system and my bone marrow created by

LIJ collects life saving cord blood
Baldwin Herald - Nov 3, 2005 any patient in need of stem cell transplantation anywhere cord blood is transplanted, the stem cells go to work to reconstitute healthy bone marrow, and produce

Mom awaits umbilical blood test result
Shanghai Daily, China - Nov 6, 2005 the stem cells can be used to perform a bone marrow transplant. sibling being a good match for a transplant is 25 on more people to join the stem cell bank and

Pioneering treatment aimed at curing cancer
Independent, UK - 17 hours ago The doctors have come up with a brilliant plan: a bone-marrow stem-cell transplant - more specifically a "mini" peripheral blood transplant.

IN THE NAME OF HIS BROTHER
Sydney Star Observer, Australia - Nov 2, 2005 Among the stars appearing at Light The Night, to aid the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation at St Vincent s Hospital Then Matt had stem cell therapy and

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Bone Marrow - A Mother's Love Finds Marrow Donor

A Mother's Love Finds Marrow Donor
CBS News - Nov 7, 2005 Storm explains, needed a bone marrow transplant. But of the 4.5 million people registered in the United States in the National Marrow Donor Program, not one

Learn about Armenian bone marrow donations
Belmont Citizen-Herald, MA - Nov 3, 2005 The public is invited to a discussion and video presentation on the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) at the First Armenian Church, 380 Concord Ave

Trooper hopes to fine bone marrow donor
Boston Globe, United States - Nov 7, 2005 BRATTLEBORO, Vt. --A 31-year-old Vermont state trooper diagnosed with leukemia two years ago is pinning his hopes on finding a rare bone marrow donor.

Making a difference
Sun Star, Philippines - Nov 7, 2005 After their son Andrew died of leukemia in 1992 following a futile search for a bone marrow donor, couple Gerand and May Cheng Loong set up a bone marrow

Vt. trooper needs rare bone marrow match
Rutland Herald, VT - Nov 7, 2005 Kaine, a resident of Vernon, is now searching for a rare bone marrow donor that may save his life. Without it, he has a 10 percent

'My Sister's Keeper' by Jodi Picoult
Greensboro News Record, NC - Nov 3, 2005 Basic story: Thirteen-year-old Anna, who was conceived as a bone-marrow donor for her older sister, petitions for medical emancipation from her parents.?

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Bone Marrow - Risk of Second Cancers After Hodgkin s Lymphoma Is Similar

Risk of Second Cancers After Hodgkin s Lymphoma Is Similar
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN - Nov 2, 2005 Procedures such as bone marrow transplantation or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation are used to restore stem cells that were destroyed by high-dose

Money hurdle delays bowel surgery
Australian, Australia - Nov 4, 2005 But the experience overseas is that the intestinal transplantation is cost-effective within one That happened with the first bone marrow and heart transplants.

Scleroderma, Paclitaxel suppresses TGF-beta activity and reduces
Xagena.it, Italy - Nov 5, 2005 that were pre-treated with Paclitaxel prior to transplantation significantly suppressed according to Goldschmidt, specialized cells in the bone marrow known as

LIJ collects life saving cord blood
Baldwin Herald - Nov 3, 2005 The program provides access to life-saving cord blood for patients in need of stem cell transplantation. Like bone marrow, cord blood is rich in blood stem

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Bone Marrow - Osiris Reaches Safety Milestone in Stem Cell Clinical Trial for

Osiris Reaches Safety Milestone in Stem Cell Clinical Trial for
PR Web (press release), WA - Nov 4, 2005 disease, also know as [GVHD http://www.osiristx.com, a life threatening disease affecting leukemia patients and others who have received bone marrow transplants

Aastrom Biosciences CEO to Present at Noble Financial Group Small
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 3 hours ago Aastrom's strategic position in the tissue regeneration sector is enabled by its proprietary Tissue Repair Cells (TRCs), a mix of bone marrow-derived adult

Work begins on new cancer care center in Everett
Everett Herald, WA - 18 hours ago chemotherapy, she said. "I said, 'Do you know everything other than bone marrow transplants are available in Everett?'. "It's not because

JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - Nov 6, 2005 "The Miracle In You," a benefit for the Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry, will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 pm Nov. 13 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel.

Tsvangirai suspends Sikhala
Chronicle, Zimbabwe - 11 hours ago have totally overthrown the founding principles and the constitution of the party, which makes some of us who are democrats to the bone marrow (sic) shudder

Learn about Armenian bone marrow donations
Belmont Citizen-Herald, MA - Nov 3, 2005 The public is invited to a discussion and video presentation on the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) at the First Armenian Church, 380 Concord Ave

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Bone Marrow - Fight with cancer

Fight with cancer
Edmonton Sun, Canada - Nov 5, 2005 Clint Dunford, MLA for Lethbridge West, said he was diagnosed last month with an incurable, but treatable, bone marrow cancer known as multiple myeloma.

When cancer becomes a family affair
Concord Monitor, NH - 8 hours ago In September, he walked the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Concord. After Steve's diagnosis, doctors started looking for a bone marrow donor.

Why We Can't Prevent Cancer
CounterPunch, CA - Nov 4, 2005 remain the single most significant preventable cause of cancer, but they decades including melanoma, lymphomas, testicular, brain, and bone marrow cancers.[pg.

Community of troopers
Brattleboro Reformer, United States - 13 hours ago He received chemotherapy at that time, and the cancer went into remission. where doctors discovered that, of the 9 million samples of bone marrow registered in

A long-ago favor is repaid as man donates to leukemia fund
Brattleboro Reformer, United States - Nov 2, 2005 That amount will pay for 10 people to have a bone marrow test done, to see said Stowell was back on patrol after receiving blood transfusions for his cancer.

Radioimmunotherapy Increases Life Expectancy after Colon Cancer
Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (Pressemitteilung), Germany - Nov 4, 2005 out of ten patients develop liver metastases after initial cancer treatment. been observed, although the changes did not impair bone marrow function permanently

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Bone Marrow - Survey Finds Family Conversation Key to Organ Donation

Survey Finds Family Conversation Key to Organ Donation
[Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 03 5:30 AM
With the black community facing an ever-growing need for organ donation, the findings of a national survey released today show that a family discussion about organ donation -- one of the most important steps in the process of becoming an organ donor -- is often overlooked, with more than 8 out of 10 African Americans unaware of the importance of speaking to their loved ones about their wish to Save to My Web

Date announced for Wells' transplant
Albuquerque Tribune Online - Nov 01 11:41 AM
What about Halloween? So, yes, she had Halloween, her father says.Save to My Web

Survey Finds Family Conversation Key to Organ Donation
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 03 5:30 AM
With the black community facing an ever-growing need for organ donation, the findings of a national survey released todaSave to My Web

Man gives kidney to save sick pal
New York Daily News - Nov 05 1:16 AM
His gift to her was an example of complete selflessness - a friend donating a kidney to another friend, no strings attached. So perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that the first thing Derek Ivery and Nidha Mubdi asked after their successful transplant surgeries yesterday was how the other was doing.Save to My Web

College Athlete To Donate Bone Marrow To Stranger
The Boston Channel - Nov 02 10:41 AM
INDIANAPOLIS -- A basketball player at an Indiana university doesn't know the woman with whom he's about to share his bone marrow, but he knows enough to be willing to skip part of his senior season for her.Save to My Web

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Roche Announces Expansion of First Major Study to Examine Efficacy

Roche Announces Expansion of First Major Study to Examine Efficacy
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Nov 3, 2005 STARTED UNLESS A REPORT OF A NEGATIVE PREGNANCY TEST HAS BEEN and suicide), serious and severe bacterial infections (sepsis), bone marrow toxicity (cytopenia

Stem cells likely new weapon in AIDS fight
Lexington Herald Leader, KY - Nov 4, 2005 Mitsuyasu, Zack is devising a way to insert a gene into bone marrow stem cells Mitsuyasu recently finished an initial clinical trial to test the safety of the

Radioimmunotherapy Increases Life Expectancy after Colon Cancer
Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (Pressemitteilung), Germany - Nov 4, 2005 The outcome encourages us to test the radio-immunological treatment in a been observed, although the changes did not impair bone marrow function permanently.

Cytori in stem cell deal with Olympus
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Nov 5, 2005 Osiris is enrolling patients in a clinical trial to test adult stem cells derived from bone marrow as a way to repair damaged heart tissue.

A long-ago favor is repaid as man donates to leukemia fund
Brattleboro Reformer, United States - Nov 2, 2005 marrow drive. That amount will pay for 10 people to have a bone marrow test done, to see if they're a match for a Kaine. The tests

Scientists seek to use stem cells in battle against AIDS
Kansas City Star, MO - Nov 3, 2005 is currently enrolling people in a trial to test the stem cell therapy. Patients are first given a growth factor that stimulates bone marrow stem cells to

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Bone Marrow - Survey finds family conversation key to organ donation

Survey finds family conversation key to organ donation
EurekAlert! - Nov 02 2:07 PM
WASHINGTON, November 3, 2005 With the black community facing an ever-growing need for organ donation, the findings of a national survey released today show that a family discussion about organ donation one of the most important steps in the process of becoming an organ donor is often overlooked, with more than 8 out of 10 African Americans unaware of the importance of speaking to their Save to My Web

Millennium Announces Clinical Updates at Analyst Day Meeting
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 02 9:00 AM
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MLNM - Save to My Web

Survey Finds Family Conversation Key to Organ Donation
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 03 5:30 AM
With the black community facing an ever-growing need for organ donation, the findings of a national survey released todaSave to My Web

Roche Announces Expansion of First Major Study to Examine Efficacy of Pegasys(R) in Hepatitis C Treatment in Latinos
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 03 6:00 AM
Roche announced today that the company is investing more resources in treating the Latino community by expanding the larSave to My Web

Biopharmaceutical AM-Pharma Announces Successful Financing
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 31 6:01 AM
AM-Pharma B.V., a privately owned biopharmaceutical company, engaged in the pre-clinical and early clinical developmentSave to My Web

Biopharmaceutical AM-Pharma Announces Successful Financing
Presseportal - Oct 31 1:10 AM
Bunnik, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - - Three Lead Compounds are Progressing Into Next Clinical Phase AM-Pharma B.V., a privately owned biopharmaceutical company, engaged in the pre-clinical and early clinical development of ...Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Therapy counters radiation exposure

Therapy counters radiation exposure
Macon Telegraph - Oct 31 3:21 AM
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Stem cells may soon play a role in the U.S. campaign to be better prepared for a terrorist attack. A Bay Area biotech company is working on a cell therapy that could be used to help victims survive exposure to radiation from an attack or accident.Save to My Web

U of MN researchers awarded more than $20 million for stem cell and natural killer cell research
EurekAlert! - Oct 31 8:44 AM
University of Minnesota Cancer Center researchers have been awarded two program grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) totaling more than $20 million over five years to conduct research on stem cells and natural killer cells for treatment of cancer.Save to My Web

'U' Granted $20M For Cancer Research
WCCO 4 - Nov 01 9:19 AM
(AP) Minneapolis Federal grants worth $20 million were awarded to the University of Minnesota to help researchers learn more about two types of cancer-fighting cells -- natural killer cells and stem cells.Save to My Web

Whig.com
The Quincy Herald-Whig - Oct 31 10:02 AM
HANNIBAL, Mo. Vicki Smith jumps every time the phone rings. Each time, she hopes it's THE call ... the one telling her that it's time to head to Rush Medical Center in Chicago to donate bone marrow that could save the life of a 3-year-old boy she'll likely never know.Save to My Web

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Actor Herrera sharing his struggle with cancer (Bone Marrow)

Actor Herrera sharing his struggle with cancer
Greenwood Commonwealth, MS - 3 hours ago But he received a stem-cell transplant at Anderson in the summer of 1999 of donor was taking out the cancer, my new immune system and my bone marrow created by

U of M gets $20 million in cancer research grants
Grand Forks Herald, ND - Nov 1, 2005 donated cord blood have as much value as stem cells from other sources, such as bone marrow. the lead researcher for the natural killer cell grant, will

Many years after heart attack bone marrow stem cells may heal
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Nov 1, 2005 first to report the results of stem cell infusions into The researchers harvested bone marrow from the hip bones of there was no threat of transplant rejection

Therapy counters radiation exposure
Charlotte Observer, NC - Oct 31, 2005 partway down the path from stem cells to might benefit from the progenitor cell therapy has worldwide receive radiation with a bone marrow transplant each year

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Bone marrow transplant scheduled for Kailee (Bone Marrow)

Bone marrow transplant scheduled for Kailee
KOB-TV, NM - Nov 1, 2005 ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A bone marrow transplant is scheduled November 8 The blood marrow was donated October 17 th by a has been searching for a donor since Kailee

Date announced for Wells' transplant
Albuquerque Tribune, NM - Nov 1, 2005 The bone marrow transplant is scheduled for Nov. treatments that will destroy her own marrow to make way for success this time because the donor's marrow is a

Transplant scheduled for Kailee Wells
KRQE, NM - Nov 2, 2005 blood disease is set to get a bone marrow transplant November The blood marrow was donated October 17th by a family has been searching for a donor since Kailee

Group helps make children s dreams come true
Daily News - Galveston County, TX - 1 hour ago It was during that same trip that Sean also got the opportunity to visit his bone marrow donor, who lives in Cincinnati. The donor

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Bone Marrow - News:

News:
Northeast Arkansas Town Crier - Nov 02 2:29 PM
Dr. M. C. Milligan was born in Manila on April 25 1932 to Clyde Milligan and Hettie Hutton Milligan.Save to My Web

Hamiltonians among those recognized at 'Honour our Lifeblood'
Hamilton Mountain News - Nov 04 4:43 AM
Canadian Blood Services recognized local students for their contribution to Canada's blood system at a ceremony in Ottawa on October 24. The event, Honouring our Lifeblood, recognized donors, volunteers, partners and sponsors from across Canada.Save to My Web

Can you save tot's life?
Weston Mercury - Nov 03 6:10 AM
Time is running out for a Clevedon toddler who will die within six months unless a suitable bone marrow donor is found. In February, little Memphis Powell, of Treefield Road, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia and desperately needs a transplant.Save to My Web

Bone marrow cancer-free
Madera Tribune - Oct 31 5:36 PM
A 4-year-old Chowchilla boy who underwent a bone marrow transplant about two months ago is believed to be cancer-free. Since his transplant on Aug. 24, Parker Bockhop continues to be monitored at the City of Hope hospital in Southern California.Save to My Web

College Athlete To Donate Bone Marrow To Stranger
The Boston Channel - Nov 02 10:41 AM
INDIANAPOLIS -- A basketball player at an Indiana university doesn't know the woman with whom he's about to share his bone marrow, but he knows enough to be willing to skip part of his senior season for her.Save to My Web

Father to give speeches on what inhalants can do
Neosho Daily News - Nov 02 9:07 AM
I really do miss her. For Steve Morrow and his family, Aug. 5, 2005 will stand in their minds forever.Save to My Web

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First Baptist's Charles Page dies at (Bone Marrow) 66

First Baptist's Charles Page dies at 66
The Charlotte Observer - Oct 29 12:00 PM
Charles Page, one of the Carolinas' most prominent preachers whose long battle with cancer touched so many, died at his Charlotte home Friday. He was 66.Save to My Web

First Baptist's Charles Page dies at 66
The Charlotte Observer - Oct 29 12:30 AM
Charles Page, one of the Carolinas' most prominent preachers whose long battle with cancer touched so many, died at his Charlotte home Friday. He was 66.Save to My Web

Transplant reunion celebrates life
Press-Citizen - Oct 29 1:31 AM
Kimberly Chambers and Becky DeVries met for the first time Friday, but theyd already shared an intimate connection: DeVries helped save Chambers life.Save to My Web

First Baptist's Charles Page dies at 66
The Charlotte Observer - Oct 29 6:16 PM
Charles Page, one of the Carolinas' most prominent preachers whose long battle with cancer touched many, died at his Charlotte home. He was 66.Save to My Web

Whig.com
The Quincy Herald-Whig - Oct 31 10:02 AM
HANNIBAL, Mo. Vicki Smith jumps every time the phone rings. Each time, she hopes it's THE call ... the one telling her that it's time to head to Rush Medical Center in Chicago to donate bone marrow that could save the life of a 3-year-old boy she'll likely never know.Save to My Web

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Cell transplantation preserves cardiac function after infarction

Cell transplantation preserves cardiac function after infarction
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Nov 2, 2005 stem cells after acute myocardial infarction mobilizes bone marrow precursor cells this pathway would enhance the beneficial effects of cell transplantation.

Biopharmaceutical AM-Pharma Announces Successful Financing
Yahoo! News (press release) - Oct 31, 2005 AM-Pharma initially develops this peptide for the prevention of infections in patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow stem cell transplantation.

Aeolus Pharmaceuticals to Present at Rodman & Renshaw Techvest 7th
Yahoo! News (press release) - 18 hours ago arthritis and ulcerative colitis); Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; Biodefense/Radioprotection; Tumor Suppression/Bone Marrow Transplantation; and Stroke.

LIJ collects life saving cord blood
Baldwin Herald - 11 hours ago The program provides access to life-saving cord blood for patients in need of stem cell transplantation. Like bone marrow, cord blood is rich in blood stem

Risk of Second Cancers After Hodgkin s Lymphoma Is Similar
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN - Nov 2, 2005 Procedures such as bone marrow transplantation or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation are used to restore stem cells that were destroyed by high-dose

Roche Announces Expansion of First Major Study to Examine Efficacy
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 20 hours ago including cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, transplantation, dermatology and serious and severe bacterial infections (sepsis), bone marrow toxicity (cytopenia and

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Bone Marrow - Boy's best friend

Boy's best friend
Arlington Heights Post - Nov 03 5:33 AM
Ian Cornell is making big and thrilling gains these days. He's reaching, holding up his head, and feeding himself bottles. What sounds like normal toddler development is anything but that for Ian, 11, who cleared all of those hurdles 10 years ago, when he was a toddler himself.Save to My Web

Bone marrow transplant scheduled for 8-year-old N.M. girl
KVIA - Nov 01 10:01 AM
ALBUQUERQUE A bone marrow transplant is scheduled November Eighth for an eight-year-old Albuquerque girl suffering from a potentially deadly blood disease.Save to My Web

XOMA Reports Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 02 1:20 PM
XOMA Ltd. , a leader in discovery and development of antibody therapeutics for cancer and immunological disSave to My Web

Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Releases Response to Department of Health and Human Services Draft Request for Proposal For
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 01 4:00 AM
Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today released an excerpt from its response to the draft Request For ProSave to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Aims to Join Nation's Elite

Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Aims to Join Nation's Elite
Newswise - Nov 02 10:14 AM
Designation by the National Cancer Institute as a "Comprehensive Cancer Center" is the gold standard that defines broad excellence in oncology. Currently, there are 39 such centers in the United States.Save to My Web

K-States Bobby Elliott still has desire for big-time job
The Des Moines Register - Nov 03 6:48 AM
Bob Elliot knows Jack Trice Stadium well. Hell be there Saturday on Kansas States sideline. But he wont be thinking about his days at ISU or the the cancer battle he won, or the coaching job he wants.Save to My Web

ANGELS ON HALLOWEEN
The Monitor - Oct 28 12:53 AM
An oversized fire department jacket hanging on his small shoulders, Ruben Montemayor raced to his mother at the Vannie E. Cook Childrens Cancer Center Halloween festival in McAllen on Thursday....Save to My Web

Clinical Researches See Role for Montana
RedNova - Oct 31 3:07 AM
By Cochran, Diane Despite its small population and rural setting, Montana is a petri dish of opportunity for medical research. So say researchers who spoke during the Ideas Montana Medicine conference at St. Vincent Healthcare Thursday.Save to My Web

Survey Finds Family Conversation Key to Organ Donation
[Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 03 5:30 AM
With the black community facing an ever-growing need for organ donation, the findings of a national survey released today show that a family discussion about organ donation -- one of the most important steps in the process of becoming an organ donor -- is often overlooked, with more than 8 out of 10 African Americans unaware of the importance of speaking to their loved ones about their wish to Save to My Web

Exeter grower battles leukemia
The Fresno Bee - Oct 28 5:40 AM
Scott Hester remains optimistic as he fights rare form of disease. Scott Hester's life was an all-American portrait. At 32, he was vice president of operations for the family-owned Hester Orchards near Farmersville.Save to My Web

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Pennsylvania Synagogue Hosts Michael Brecker Stem Cell Donor (Bone Marrow) Drive October 30

Pennsylvania Synagogue Hosts Michael Brecker Stem Cell Donor Drive October 30
Playbill Arts - Oct 27 9:09 PM
Genetic samples will be collected tomorrow at Congregation Keneseth Israel of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, as part of the attempt to find a bone-marrow donor for tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker.Save to My Web

GlaxoSmithKline Gets Approval for Arranon
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 28 12:20 PM
GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration approved its Arranon chemotherapy for hard-to-treat cancers of the blood and immune system.Save to My Web

Transplant reunion celebrates life
Press-Citizen - Oct 29 1:31 AM
Kimberly Chambers and Becky DeVries met for the first time Friday, but theyd already shared an intimate connection: DeVries helped save Chambers life.Save to My Web

First Baptist's Charles Page dies at 66
The Charlotte Observer - Oct 29 6:16 PM
Charles Page, one of the Carolinas' most prominent preachers whose long battle with cancer touched many, died at his Charlotte home. He was 66.Save to My Web

First Baptist's Charles Page dies at 66
The Charlotte Observer - Oct 29 12:30 AM
Charles Page, one of the Carolinas' most prominent preachers whose long battle with cancer touched so many, died at his Charlotte home Friday. He was 66.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Strides made on radiation cure

Strides made on radiation cure
San Jose Mercury News - Nov 01 9:30 PM
Stem cells may soon play a role in the U.S. campaign to be better prepared for a terrorist attack. A Bay Area biotech company is working on a cell therapy that could be used to help victims survive exposure to radiation from an attack or accident.Save to My Web

Transplant reunion celebrates life
Press-Citizen - Oct 29 1:31 AM
Kimberly Chambers and Becky DeVries met for the first time Friday, but theyd already shared an intimate connection: DeVries helped save Chambers life.Save to My Web

First Baptist's Charles Page dies at 66
The Charlotte Observer - Oct 29 6:16 PM
Charles Page, one of the Carolinas' most prominent preachers whose long battle with cancer touched many, died at his Charlotte home. He was 66.Save to My Web

Strides made on radiation cure
San Jose Mercury News - Oct 29 2:50 PM
Stem cells may soon play a role in the U.S. campaign to be better prepared for a terrorist attack. A Bay Area biotech company is working on a cell therapy that could be used to help victims survive exposure to radiation from an attack or accident.Save to My Web

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Betterhumans - Oct 27 10:33 AM
Infusions of a patient's own stem cells can regenerate heart damage for up to eight years after a heart attack, according to a new study.Save to My Web

Friends to hold benefit to aid leukemia victim
Republican American - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
WINSTED -- When Brian Shaughnessy found out he had leukemia, his immediate concern was for his family.Save to My Web

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Transplant reunion celebrates life

Transplant reunion celebrates life
Iowa City Press Citizen, IA - Oct 29, 2005 About 325 other bone marrow and blood stem cell transplant recipients, donors and their loved ones attended the event at the Quality Inn & Suites in Iowa City.

Many years after heart attack bone marrow stem cells may heal
Medical News Today (press release), UK - 7 hours ago first to report the results of stem cell infusions into The researchers harvested bone marrow from the hip bones of there was no threat of transplant rejection

Injected stem cells repair heart for years
Betterhumans, Canada - Oct 27, 2005 so there was no threat of transplant rejection After processing, stem cells from the marrow Moreover, after bone marrow cell transplantation, an improvement of

Bone Marrow Transplants Not Always Relative
abc7news.com, CA - Oct 27, 2005 And it's no longer just bone marrow that transplant who has zero chance of survival without a transplant. Theresa Wells, blood stem cell donor: "She had gone

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Insurance Fund has grand (Bone Marrow) plans

Insurance Fund has grand plans
IPP Media - Oct 29 9:45 PM
The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has announced major service improvement plans that come into effect early next year. However, the plans will not in any way involve hiking members monthly contributions.Save to My Web

Watching as the worst comes true
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Oct 30 5:59 PM
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Wake up and sell the coffee
The Observer - Oct 29 4:09 PM
We used to be a nation of tea drinkers. Now, with a coffee house on every corner, caffeine is our daily drug of choice. But is the bean habit bad for us?Save to My Web

Broken bones? Give up smokes
Detroit Free Press - Oct 27 1:03 AM
Smokers' broken bones take a lot longer to heal. But scientists now will study whether giving up cigarettes for even a week or two after a fracture might make the difference between a speedy recovery and months of easy-to-reinjure mushy bones.Save to My Web

New Scientist - Issue 26-Oct-05
Newswise - Oct 26 11:13 AM
1) Box of Tricks Take Surgery to the Sticks; 2) Bombers Could Soon be Breathalysed; 3) Bone Marrow Donors Risk DNA Identity Mix-Up; 4) Which IVF Test Is Best for Baby?; 5) Guide to the Intelligent Design Trial.Save to My Web

Lowly Chow Goes Highbrow
MetroActive - Oct 26 5:43 PM
IF THERE'S not a fancy restaurant somewhere called Peasant or Campesino, there should be. Wait a minute, I just Googled it and there is a restaurant called Peasant. It's in New York Cityand believe me, while the menu is steeped in the simple, robust food of rural Italy, no peasant could afford it.Save to My Web

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Strides made on radiation cure

Strides made on radiation cure
San Jose Mercury News, United States - Oct 26, 2005 The technique could also help patients recover from chemotherapy or radiation treatments for cancer or bone marrow transplants, said Janice ``Wes'' Brown, a

Therapy counters radiation exposure
Charlotte Observer, NC - Oct 31, 2005 The technique could also help patients recover from chemotherapy or radiation treatments for cancer or bone marrow transplants, said Janice "Wes" Brown, a

Bone Marrow Transplants Not Always Relative
abc7news.com, CA - Oct 27, 2005 the late 1970's, when a lab technician at a renowned cancer center realized she was a perfect match for a young leukemia patient and offered her bone marrow.

Boy Loses Fight With Cancer
Harrisonburg Daily News Record, VA - Oct 28, 2005 He did well after his treatments at Duke, but then Kelly suffered a relapse in April when tests revealed the cancer was back in his bone marrow.

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