Players salute brave fan

Players salute brave fan
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - Feb 24, 2006 fighting cancer, Mikael Lawford knows how to kick goals against the dreaded disease. He had six rounds of chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant, two stem cell

Sickle cell: Getting out the word
Bridgeton News, United States - Feb 27, 2006 treatment option is a bone marrow transplant, but that doesn't offer the guarantee of a cure. Instead, most efforts in treating the disease revolve around

Fund-raiser to help kids with brain disorder
Asbury Park Press, NJ - 11 hours ago brain. All three have had bone marrow transplants, which provide the only hope of delaying the progression of the deadly disease.

Mobo winner looks for marrow donors
ic SouthLondon.co.uk, United Kingdom - Feb 24, 2006 But in January 2003 a back pain was diagnosed as a deadly disease related to leukaemia. A long wait for a bone marrow transplant ended in November, but he's

Medistem Announces $1.5 Million Private Placement Financing of
Business Wire (press release), CA - 1 hour ago and cells sourced from umbilical cords, fat, bone marrow and muscle for advanced treatment of cerebral palsy, stroke, cardiovascular disease and orthopedic

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Bone Marrow - Blood drive set records

Blood drive set records
Rockford Register Star, IL - Feb 25, 2006 In addition, 40 people signed up for the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry that connects patients who need a marrow or stem cell transplant with potential

Cryobanks International Inc. Commends the European Commission for
Market Wire (press release) - Feb 26, 2006 a set of standards regulating the cell and tissue processing, and banking of stem cells derived in many ways preferable, alternative to bone marrow transplant.

2 Doctors to Head Transplant Program
International News Service, Australia - Feb 26, 2006 been named to lead the Intermountain Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program at LDS is one of the leading blood and marrow stem cell transplant specialists in

Farrah Gray Launches A Nationwide Effort To Bring Attention To The
BlackNews.com (press release), CA - Feb 24, 2006 need of a marrow or blood stem cell donor and number of donors in the National Marrow Donor Program and African American patients is that bone marrow and blood

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New study shows antibody-interleukin complexes stimulate immune responses (Bone Marrow)

New study shows antibody-interleukin complexes stimulate immune responses
EurekAlert! - Feb 22 9:27 AM
The findings could also be significant for developing new ways to help patients with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, or juvenile diabetes.Save to My Web

Geron Announces Studies Demonstrating That Cardiomyocytes Derived From Human Embryonic Stem Cells Engraft and Prevent
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 22 4:30 AM
MENLO PARK, Calif.----Feb. 22, 2006--Geron Corporation announced today the presentation of studies showing that cardiomyocytes differentiated from human embryonic stem cells survive, engraft and prevent heart failure when transplanted into an infarcted rat heart.Save to My Web

Common Reovirus Purges Cancer Cells From Stem Cell Transplants Following Chemotherapy
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 21 2:13 AM
Medical studies show that a common virus may be able to eliminate cancer cells from autologous stem cell transplants.Save to My Web

Protein Level Predicts Who Will Develop Deadly Complication Just One Week After Marrow Transplant
Medical News Today - Feb 21 2:03 AM
Researchers could determine one week after a bone marrow transplant which patients were likely to develop a serious and deadly complication, making them candidates for preventive treatment before any symptoms occur.Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center measured the level of a protein called tumor necrosis factor, or TNF, seven days after patients received a bone Save to My Web

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Maine Medical Center Bone Marrow Drive (Bone Marrow)

Maine Medical Center Bone Marrow Drive
WMTW, ME - Feb 23, 2006 Maine Medical Center in Portland will host a bone marrow drive on Thursday blood, which will be typed and entered into the National Marrow Donor Program Registry

Iditarod champ to get bone marrow
Seattle Times, United States - Feb 20, 2006 By The Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska Four-time Iditarod winner Susan Butcher has found a bone-marrow donor, her husband said.

Cherry an easy pick as all-time Amerk
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - Feb 21, 2006 process of bone marrow donation. Anyone can be a champion and save a life by agreeing to become a potential bone marrow donor.".

It's Time to Save the Day
Cornell Big Red, NY - Feb 20, 2006 takes a finger prick sample, which is a sufficient amount to identify the necessary marrow markers and get the donor registered in the bone marrow registry and

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Bone Marrow - Arkansas News Bureau

Arkansas News Bureau
Arkansas News Bureau - Feb 25 12:55 AM
Federal drug conviction upheld By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - Rogers police had probable cause to believe that Jorge Castaneda had methamphetamine in his vehicle when he was stopped in 2004, a federal appeals panel ruled Friday.Save to My Web

Briefs
Wausau Daily Herald - Feb 24 2:19 AM
Wausau-based WDEZ-FM (101.9) will hold its fifth annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon today. The radiothon raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, one of the world's premiere centers for research and treatment of cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases.Save to My Web

Gay professor forced out, then exonerated, dies at 87
The Advocate - Feb 21 10:22 AM
Joel Dorius, one of three professors forced out of Smith College in 1960 for possession of gay pornography but later exonerated, died at his home in San Francisco. He was 87. His death last week was caused by bone marrow cancer, the Reverend Paul G. Crowley, a friend, said Monday.Save to My Web

Protein Level Predicts Who Will Develop Deadly Complication Just One Week After Marrow Transplant
Medical News Today - Feb 21 2:03 AM
Researchers could determine one week after a bone marrow transplant which patients were likely to develop a serious and deadly complication, making them candidates for preventive treatment before any symptoms occur.Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center measured the level of a protein called tumor necrosis factor, or TNF, seven days after patients received a bone Save to My Web

Selective T cell stimulation could help improve treatment of autoimmune disease and cancer
News-Medical-Net - Feb 23 2:13 AM
The findings could also be significant for developing new ways to help patients with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, or juvenile diabetes.Save to My Web

Letters
Howell Tri Town News - Feb 23 4:52 AM
Joshua Reilly needs to resign his position on the Jackson Township Com-mittee immediately. He suddenly feels the need to represent and work for the people of Jackson. Did he forget that he was sponsored by the Repub-lican Party in order to win this election?Save to My Web

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Students spare change to raise money for cancer

Students spare change to raise money for cancer
Business Gazette, MD - Feb 21, 2006 are among the county schools raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma The fight included a bone-marrow transplant in April 2004 her daughter, now 12

THE DRIVE FOR LIFE: A series of health setbacks taught Dover
Asbury Park Press, NJ - Feb 19, 2006 "The guy who donated the bone marrow to me got on the list because his wife's best friend had leukemia. He got tested but didn't match.

The success that reality redefined
calendarlive.com, CA - Feb 22, 2006 bout with pneumonia, McMahon found out that his sister Kate was a bone marrow match Despite an attack of shingles, the leukemia was found to be in remission, and

Protein levels predict bone marrow transplant survival
News-Medical.net, Australia - Feb 19, 2006 Bone marrow transplants are a lifesaving treatment given to children or adults with certain types of cancer, such as leukemia or lymphoma, or to people with

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Operating Rooms Take Cue from the Cockpit (Bone Marrow)

Operating Rooms Take Cue from the Cockpit
[Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Feb 20 8:11 AM
What do the crew of an airliner and an operating room team have in common? Whether you're in the air or in the operating room, your life is in their hands.Save to My Web

Reovirus may be able to eliminate cancer cells from autologous stem cell transplants
News-Medical-Net - Feb 21 1:57 PM
Medical studies show that a common virus may be able to eliminate cancer cells from autologous stem cell transplants.Save to My Web

Norwood Immunology Starts BMT Phase II Clinical Trial
Dow Jones News via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance - Feb 21 12:05 AM
DJ Norwood Immunology Starts BMT Phase II Clinical Trial Edited Press Release LONDON (Dow Jones)--Norwood Immunology Limited said Tuesday that it has commenced Phase II clinical trial in cancer patients undergoing autologous (self-derived) bone marrow transplant (BMT). The first of the 80 patients (40 treated; 40 control) has been enrolled at University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, of Save to My Web

Avastin Trial For Pancreatic Tumors Launched By Northwestern Researchers
Medical News Today - Feb 23 8:02 AM
A Phase II clinical trial is under way at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in conjunction with the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to determine if bevacizumab (also referred to as Avastin , an anti-angiogenesis drug that is designed to inhibit the growth of blood vessels in tumors) in combination with abdominal radiation therapy and chemotherapy can reduce localized pancreatic Save to My Web

Cartilage being engineered at Rice
ABC 13 Texas - 47 minutes ago
A torn cartilage is one of the most common injuries in sports. And deterioration of cartilage is a common problem caused by arthritis and other degenerative diseases, but there's some amazing high tech cartilage coming.Save to My Web

Norwood Abbey Announces Phase II Clinical Trial in Cancer Patients Commences
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 22 11:01 AM
MELBOURNE, Australia----Feb. 22, 2006--Norwood Abbey Ltd :Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Iditarod champ finds marrow donor

Iditarod champ finds marrow donor
The Olympian, WA - Feb 20, 2006 Butcher, 51, is scheduled for a bone marrow transplant in early April. She was diagnosed with the disease in early December and is undergoing treatment at the

Time In: Aidan O'Malley
U.S. National Soccer Players, DC - Feb 20, 2006 very beginning, he assumed a very 'businesslike' approach to the disease and his deliberation, the O'Malleys elected to go with a full bone marrow transplant.

Hunting for Stem Cells in the Brain
Methuselah Foundation, DC - Feb 20, 2006 neurons from embryonic stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease, for example. embryonic (but still pluripotent) stem cells isolated from bone marrow, cord blood

Stem Cells Might Fight Circulatory Disorder
Forbes - 9 hours ago treatment that could help patients with severe peripheral artery disease for whom stem and progenitor cells are extracted from a patient's bone marrow and then

Suit says bone marrow caused her hepatitis C
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Feb 19, 2006 The bone marrow used in her surgery was subject to a recall issued by the US in, and the mother of two learned that she had contracted the disease, which is

Today in History
WTEN, NY - 23 hours ago d spent most his life in a plastic bubble because he had no immunity to disease, died 15 days after being removed from the bubble for a bone-marrow transplant.

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Some Things are Worth Fighting (Bone Marrow) For

Some Things are Worth Fighting For
R News - Feb 21 7:21 PM
Some people will go to great lengths for something they believe in. On Tuesday, a man who hasn't put on boxing gloves since college stepped into the ring with the heavyweight champion of the world.Save to My Web

Rotavirus Vaccine Urged for All Babies
RedNova - Feb 22 5:46 AM
By Anita Manning A new vaccine to prevent rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea in children, should be given to all babies, a panel of scientists says. That brings to 15 the number of diseases for which vaccines are recommended.Save to My Web

Japan Wants Assurances for U.S. Beef
ABC News - Feb 20 6:19 PM
Japan Wants to Be Convinced U.S. Beef Safety Measures Are Effective Before Imports ImprovedSave to My Web

Aldagen and Texas Heart Institute to Begin Clinical Study of Stem Cell Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure Patients
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 21 5:27 AM
DURHAM, N.C.----Feb. 21, 2006--Aldagen, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared a clinical study for physicians led by Dr. Emerson Perin and Dr. James Willerson of the Texas Heart Institute at St.Save to My Web

Cytogen Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Financial Results
FinanzNachrichten - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cytogen Corporation ( Nachrichten ) today reported its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005.Save to My Web

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CuraGen Announces Phase II Results on Velafermin (Bone Marrow) for the Prevention of Oral Mucositis at 2006 BMT Tandem Meetings

CuraGen Announces Phase II Results on Velafermin for the Prevention of Oral Mucositis at 2006 BMT Tandem Meetings
FinanzNachrichten - Feb 21 3:40 AM
BRANFORD, Conn., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CuraGen Corporation ( Nachrichten ) announced today additional results from its Phase II randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating a single dose of velafermin for the prevention of oral mucositis (OM) in patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy, with or without total body irradiation (TBI), prior to autologous bone marrow Save to My Web

Valley senior swims with mothers memory
The Des Moines Register - Feb 17 2:20 AM
A swimmers prerace ritual is a private moment performed in public.Save to My Web

EU Scientists To Step Up The Tissue Engineering Timescale
BioresearchOnline - Feb 17 6:30 AM
For years, we have heard in the media that stem cell research and tissue engineering will deal a master blow to major diseases and injuries. So, why have the promised therapies not materialized? Science this complex does not happen overnightSave to My Web

Full of life again
NorthJersey.com - Feb 22 8:00 AM
On the third day after her kidney was removed and transplanted into her husband, Shelley Manzi felt a twinge of doubt. The gift of her healthy organ had presented her husband with the chance to be free of dialysis and, hopefully, free of the disease that had threatened his life.Save to My Web

IU to study stem cell transplant for PAD
South Bend Tribune - Feb 16 4:03 AM
Scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine are experimenting with stem cell injections as a treatment for severe peripheral artery disease.Save to My Web

Norwood Immunology Starts BMT Phase II Clinical Trial
Dow Jones News via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance - Feb 21 12:05 AM
DJ Norwood Immunology Starts BMT Phase II Clinical Trial Edited Press Release LONDON (Dow Jones)--Norwood Immunology Limited said Tuesday that it has commenced Phase II clinical trial in cancer patients undergoing autologous (self-derived) bone marrow transplant (BMT). The first of the 80 patients (40 treated; 40 control) has been enrolled at University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, of Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - SPORTS SHORTS

SPORTS SHORTS
Patriot-News, PA - Feb 20, 2006 1 Kim Clijsters. ELSEWHEREIDITAROD CHAMPION FINDS DONOR:Four-time Iditarod winner Susan Butcher has found a bone marrow donor, her husband, David Monson, said.

New Hope For Bone Marrow Transplant Patients
All Headline News - Feb 17, 2006 and is known to be elevated in people who develop graft versus host disease, the most common serious side effect of a bone marrow transplant from a donor.

300 register to give bone marrow
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - Feb 20, 2006 newcomers fliers on the National Marrow Donor Program. Starting at 11 am, the small caf buzzed with the voices of people registering to donate bone marrow.

5:38 pm | Marrow drive Saturday at Vance high
Charlotte Observer, NC - Feb 16, 2006 Vance High School will host a bone marrow drive Saturday in hope of finding a donor for junior Brittany Boone and others in need.

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Bone Marrow - They won't let a disease weaken their faith

They won't let a disease weaken their faith
The Reporter - Feb 15 9:07 PM
BEDMINSTER -- The picture on his bedroom dresser is that of a younger Randy Najarian. He looked just like Rambo back then, with muscles on top of muscles.Save to My Web

'Don't let Selina's death be in vain'
Huddersfield Daily Examiner - Feb 17 4:53 AM
IT was a story of courage and determination. But Selina Ramanah had her life tragically cut short by leukaemia. Now, her family want to make sure other leukaemia sufferers get a chance of survival.Save to My Web

Mauresmo wins battle between tennis' top two
Arizona Daily Star - Feb 19 11:14 PM
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Girl Celebrates 100 Days Since Life-Saving Transplant
WISN TheMilwaukeeChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 5:42 PM
It was a very special Wednesday for a girl who's been sick for a very long time, WISN 12 News reported.Save to My Web

A father's fate
The Charlotte Observer - Feb 16 2:33 AM
Charlotte director Jeff Moonie Jr. turns his camera on his ailing dad, and the result is a gripping documentarySave to My Web

Protein Level Predicts Who Will Develop Deadly Complication Just One Week After Marrow Transplant
Medical News Today - Feb 21 2:03 AM
Researchers could determine one week after a bone marrow transplant which patients were likely to develop a serious and deadly complication, making them candidates for preventive treatment before any symptoms occur.Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center measured the level of a protein called tumor necrosis factor, or TNF, seven days after patients received a bone Save to My Web

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Operating Rooms Take Cue From the Cockpit (Bone Marrow)

Operating Rooms Take Cue From the Cockpit
RedNova - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- What do the crew of an airliner and an operating room team have in common? Whether you're in the air or in the operating room, your life is in their hands. The parallel is too real to ignore.Save to My Web

Protein levels predict bone marrow transplant survival
News-Medical-Net - Feb 19 12:13 AM
Researchers say that protein levels can predict which bone marrow transplant patients are likely develop a deadly complication a week after the procedure and well before any symptoms occur.Save to My Web

Protein Level Predicts Who Will Develop Deadly Complication After Marrow Transplant
Science Daily - Feb 18 4:09 PM
Researchers could determine one week after a bone marrow transplant which patients were likely to develop a serious and deadly complication, making them candidates for preventive treatment before any symptoms occur.Save to My Web

Researchers Discover Key Factor For Survival Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Science Daily - Feb 16 10:09 PM
Human embryonic stem cells (hES) offer great hope for the treatment of some devastating diseases, but finding a way to keep enough of these cells usable and healthy for transplantation in patients has been an ongoing problem. Now scientists at UC Irvine have discovered a way to keep large quantities of these cells alive, a finding that could potentially lead to mass production of hES cells for Save to My Web

Northwestern Memorial Hospital Deploys MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network; Comprehensive Wireless System Delivers
RedNova - Feb 14 10:31 AM
MobileAccess Networks, an enterprise wireless innovator, today announced that Northwestern Memorial Hospital is installing its Universal Wireless Network throughout the hospital's Chicago campus.Save to My Web

Advances in Blood, Stem Cell Transplantation: Studies Show Promising New Approaches, Successful Outcomes for Treatment
RedNova - Feb 16 10:28 PM
HONOLULU, Feb. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Researchers will present their latest findings on stem cell and umbilical cord blood transplantation for severe and often life-threatening diseases at the Feb. 16 - 20 Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Tandem Meetings in Honolulu.Save to My Web

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The daily dish ... (Bone Marrow)

The daily dish ...
The Buffalo News - Feb 13 6:10 AM
The Sundance Film Festival is too intense for Robert Redford , who says he wasn't around for all of it this year. "To the outside world, it's a big fat market where you have people like Paris Hilton going to parties. Now, she doesn't have anything to do with anything.Save to My Web

Business Mogul and Best Selling Author Farrah Gray Launches a Nationwide Effort to Bring Attention to the Need for
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 4:00 AM
New York, NY (PRWEB) February 13, 2006 -- #1 Essence & Barnes & Nobles Best Selling author and face of the Farrah Gray MasterCard launches a nationwide effort to bring attention to the need for African American Bone marrow and blood stem cell donors.Save to My Web

Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. To Donate Blood During Chattanooga Visit
The Chattanoogan - Feb 18 5:20 PM
Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. will be in Chattanooga on Tuesday, Feb. 21, to speak to the Downtown Chattanooga Kiwanis Club. Congressman Ford will then visit Blood Assurance to volunteer to donate blood.Save to My Web

'Don't let Selina's death be in vain'
Huddersfield Daily Examiner - Feb 17 4:53 AM
IT was a story of courage and determination. But Selina Ramanah had her life tragically cut short by leukaemia. Now, her family want to make sure other leukaemia sufferers get a chance of survival.Save to My Web

Bone marrow drive to help find match for tot with cancer
Republican American - Feb 14 2:00 AM
At 20 weeks, Tristan Campbell is too young to express his love through words, so he demonstrates affection in different ways.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - A Potential Pitfall of MR Imaging for Assessing Mandibular

A Potential Pitfall of MR Imaging for Assessing Mandibular
Am J Neuroradiology (subscription) - Feb 14, 2006 was significantly lower than that of CT (McNemar test, P = .004 in the former and P = .002 in the latter). Chemical shift artifact by bone marrow fat was

Preventing Toxic Side Effects Of Inflammatory Disease Therapy
Science Daily (press release) - Feb 13, 2006 ability to develop new red and white blood cells in the bone marrow, a process called The authors suggest that these mice are a valuable tool to test models of

For The Record: Quick News On Avenged Sevenfold, Britney Spears
MTV.com - Feb 14, 2006 The autopsy and toxicology test results for "Reservoir Dogs" actor Chris Penn Jennifer Lopez is appealing to Hispanics to donate bone marrow during a February

New Stem Cell Treatment Tested for Clogged Arteries
International News Service, Australia - Feb 13, 2006 studies and laboratory tests have indicated that the injection of bone marrow stem cells the primary purpose of the phase 1 trial is to test the procedure's

Health: More Asian Pacific Islanders Needed For Marrow Donations
New California Media, CA - Feb 15, 2006 performed and the laboratory that analyzes the test results. When you donate marrow, it is removed with a surgical needle from the back of your pelvic bone.

Family offers hope for Jordyn
Exeter News-Letter, NH - Feb 14, 2006 Three separate bone marrow drives will be held in the next week in Jordyn s honor. It costs $65 per person to take the test, which makes it difficult for

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Stem cell injections may help those with severe peripheral artery

Stem cell injections may help those with severe peripheral artery
News-Medical.net, Australia - Feb 14, 2006 trial at IU School of Medicine, Dr. Murphy and his colleagues extract bone marrow from the patient's hip while the patient is under a general anesthetic.

Family Of Leukemia Patient Hosting Bone Marrow Drives
WMUR Channel.com, NH - Feb 13, 2006 STRATHAM, NH -- The family of a 4-year-old battling leukemia has raised more than $30,000 to fund several bone marrow drives on the Seacoast this week.

New way to culture adult stem cells from bone marrow
News-Medical.net, Australia - Feb 16, 2006 significant advance for regenerative medicine, researchers at Rice University have discovered a new way to culture adult stem cells from bone marrow such that

New Hope For Bone Marrow Transplant Patients
All Headline News - 20 hours ago Michigan (AHN) - According to a new study, researchers could determine one week after a bone marrow transplant which patients are likely to develop a serious

Dancers get Thon started
Centre Daily Times, PA - 7 hours ago Galen Foulke knows. The senior from Bloomsburg who beat bone-marrow cancer as a teenager remembers the strain on his family. This

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Hoping for a miracle

Hoping for a miracle
Newsday, NY - 13 hours ago have been afflicted with lymphoma: The oldest son died, the oldest daughter's cancer is in remission, and the youngest daughter needs a bone marrow transplant.

Bone marrow transplant disease predictable: study
Reuters.uk, UK - 16 hours ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers can predict which bone marrow transplant patients will likely develop a deadly complication a week after the procedure and

Red Cross Club hosts Thon blood drives
Penn State Digital Collegian, PA - 15 hours ago Although her own stem cells were used to treat her illness, there is still a possibility of a need for a bone marrow donation from an outside source.

Blood brothers
Press-Enterprise (subscription), CA - Feb 15, 2006 Ten-year-old Chris Odenbrett, of Murrieta, will undergo an operation in San Diego this morning to donate his bone marrow to his 5-year-old brother, Tim, in the

Trust is critical for UCI
OCRegister, CA - Feb 16, 2006 touch on what caused the most recent crisis, which has spread from liver transplants to include problems with UCI's kidney and bone-marrow transplant programs

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Bone Marrow - Ligand Earns $2.0 Million Milestone Payment as GlaxoSmithKline Commences Phase III Studies of Eltrombopag in Adults

Ligand Earns $2.0 Million Milestone Payment as GlaxoSmithKline Commences Phase III Studies of Eltrombopag in Adults
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 14 5:30 AM
SAN DIEGO----Feb. 14, 2006--Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced today that the company has earned a $2.0 million milestone payment from GlaxoSmithKline with that company's commencement of Phase III trials of eltrombopag in adult patients with previously-treated idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura .Save to My Web

Bone marrow transplant disease predictable: study
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 35 minutes ago
Researchers can predict which bone marrow transplant patients will likely develop a deadly complication a week after the procedure and well before any symptoms occur, according to a study released on Friday.Save to My Web

The Pioneers
CTV.ca - Feb 15 4:54 PM
A Canadian woman is taking part in a remarkable study to help doctors stop multiple sclerosis in its tracks. But it's a dangerous and daring protocol that could risk her life.Save to My Web

Differentiation and Neurological Benefit of the Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplanted into the Rat Brain Following
RedNova - Feb 14 1:34 AM
By Zhang, Huabiao; Huang, Zhiyong; Xu, Yuming; Zhang, Suming Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is often a fatal event.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - IU to study stem cell transplant for PAD

IU to study stem cell transplant for PAD
South Bend Tribune - Feb 15 4:29 AM
Scientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine are experimenting with stem cell injections as a treatment for severe peripheral artery disease.Save to My Web

Business Mogul and Best Selling Author Farrah Gray Launches a Nationwide Effort to Bring Attention to the Need for
[Press Release] PR Web - Feb 13 12:14 AM
[PRWEB Feb 13, 2006]Save to My Web

They won't let a disease weaken their faith
The Reporter - Feb 15 9:07 PM
BEDMINSTER -- The picture on his bedroom dresser is that of a younger Randy Najarian. He looked just like Rambo back then, with muscles on top of muscles.Save to My Web

Stem cells saving ailing hearts?
The Monterey County Herald - Feb 14 3:10 AM
After 61 years of pumping blood, Marie Carty's heart was failing her.Save to My Web

Leukemia Research Foundation to Host 2nd Annual Conference on Bone Marrow, Stem Cell and Cord Blood Transplants - FREE
[Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 10:24 AM
A FREE, One-of-a-Kind Program specifically designed for Patients and Caregivers to provide information on available treatments for leukemia, lymphoma and other blood-related disorders - SATURDAY, MARCH 18Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Reading cancer's road map

Reading cancer's road map
NorthJersey.com - Feb 15 3:29 AM
One of cancer's enduring secrets is how it manages to burst from its origins in the breast, colon, lung or prostate and establish deadly new colonies in other organs.Save to My Web

JCI table of contents, February 9, 2006
EurekAlert! - Feb 09 2:27 PM
Pulmonary emphysema is caused primarily by cigarette smoking, and the underlying cellular mechanisms are thought to involve smoke-induced activation of tissue degrading enzymes known as proteases.Save to My Web

Kangaroo Has Lip Surgery After Bite
Mohave Valley News - Feb 11 2:17 AM
MOORPARK, Calif. - Feznick, an aspiring celebrity kangaroo, underwent lip surgery because he was bitten by a wolf at a Hollywood animal farm. FULL STORYSave to My Web

blacknet.co.uk
Blacknet - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
On 14th February 2006 Lyden David Hall passed away having lost his battle with Hodgkins Lymphoma disease, a rare form of cancer he had been battling for over 2 years. It is a form of cancer that mainly affects young people in their 20s and around 1400 people are diagnosed in then UK every year.Save to My Web

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Stem Cell Research: Science and the Future

Stem Cell Research: Science and the Future
NPR - 4 hours ago The banks would use a test called HLA (histocompatibility antigens) typing to 6.5 million individuals have already been HLA-typed for bone marrow registries.

Greenfield: A political Rorschach test
CNN - 1 hour ago president dies after breaking his leg, when a tiny piece of bone marrow works its is how a story like this becomes an instant Rorschach test, with political

A father's fate
Charlotte Observer, NC - Feb 12, 2006 to inspire minority donors to join the registry for bone marrow and stem husband's philosophy that "You can't spell `testimony' without `test'." Because the

Ligand Earns $2.0 Million Milestone Payment as GlaxoSmithKline
Genetic Engineering News, NY - 9 hours ago to stimulate the proliferation and differentiation of megakaryocytes, the bone marrow cells that and diagnosis can be confirmed following a routine blood test.

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Riviera man (Bone Marrow) to get dose of reality-TV medicine

Riviera man to get dose of reality-TV medicine
The Palm Beach Post - Feb 10 9:25 PM
A monster truck named Gun Slinger punched a hole into a house at 701 W. First St. early Friday morning.Save to My Web

DOR BioPharma Provides Financial Guidance and Update on European Regulatory Plans for orBec(R)
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 08 6:25 AM
MIAMI----Feb. 8, 2006--DOR BioPharma, Inc. announced today that it is focusing its resources on the preparation of New Drug Application and Marketing Authorization Application submissions and potential regulatory approvals for orBec for the treatment of intestinal Graft-versus-Host disease .Save to My Web

Durham company wins stem-cell patent
BizJournals - Feb 08 11:53 AM
Aldagen Inc. announced Wednesday that it has received U.S. patent protection for technology involving the identification and harvesting of human stem cells to combat cardiovascular disease.Save to My Web

US regulators put ViroPharma drug on fast-track
PharmaBiz - Feb 08 4:37 AM
ViroPharma Incorporated received from the US Food and Drug Administration a fast track designation for maribavir, an oral antiviral drug candidate for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in allogeneic bone marrow (stem cell) and solid organ transplant patients.Save to My Web

Health calendar
Honolulu Advertiser - Feb 09 7:10 AM
See a comprehensive list at www .honoluluadvertiser.com/islandlife.Save to My Web

Mom Needs Bone Marrow Transplant to Live
1010wins.com - Feb 08 10:31 AM
Feb 8, 2006 1:04 pm US/Eastern (1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) When Janet Ovalles' 7-year-old son Jaison returns from school, the first question he asks is if she has found a bone marrow donor.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Mom Needs Bone Marrow Transplant to Live

Mom Needs Bone Marrow Transplant to Live
1010wins.com - Feb 08 10:31 AM
Feb 8, 2006 1:04 pm US/Eastern (1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) When Janet Ovalles' 7-year-old son Jaison returns from school, the first question he asks is if she has found a bone marrow donor.Save to My Web

PARENTS OPPOSE JERSEY CITY SCHOOL CLOSING
The Filipino Express - Feb 10 12:15 AM
SCHOOL'S OUT. St. Aedan School of Jersey City will soon be added to a growing list of Catholic schools in New Jersey that shut down or merged with another. But parents said they would like to run the school for at leat one year and prove that the school is still viable.Save to My Web

Fighting for his life
The Courier News - 34 minutes ago
ELGIN For the past 15 years, Othoniel Reyes has worked in Elk Grove Village and lived alone in Elgin, sending most of his wages back to a family in Mexico.Save to My Web

Life-threatening Lupus Responds To Stem Cell Transplant Therapy
Science Daily - Feb 06 3:43 PM
Transplanting patients with blood stem cells that originate from their own bone marrow can induce the remission of life-threatening, treatment-resistant lupus, according to a study that took place at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Researchers found that 50 percent of the 50 patients in the study had disease-free survival at five years with an overall five-year survival rate of 84 Save to My Web

DOR BioPharma Provides Financial Guidance and Update on European Regulatory Plans for orBec(R)
wallstreet:online AG - Feb 08 6:42 AM
DOR BioPharma, Inc. (AMEX:DOR) ("DOR", or the "Company") announced today thatSave to My Web

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Bone Marrow - PARENTS OPPOSE JERSEY CITY SCHOOL CLOSING

PARENTS OPPOSE JERSEY CITY SCHOOL CLOSING
The Filipino Express - Feb 10 12:09 AM
SCHOOL'S OUT. St. Aedan School of Jersey City will soon be added to a growing list of Catholic schools in New Jersey that shut down or merged with another. But parents said they would like to run the school for at leat one year and prove that the school is still viable.Save to My Web

Business news in brief
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 08 12:15 AM
A new Merck & Co. Inc. vaccine to prevent cervical cancer may become available by summer, Merck said yesterday. The Food and Drug Administration said it will decide on Gardasil by June 8. The fast-track review all but guarantees Merck would beat rival GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C. to market with the vaccine that analysts expect to become a blockbuster. Gardasil would be manufactured in West Point, Pa. - Save to My Web

FDA grants fast track status for ViroPharma's Maribavir
News-Medical-Net - Feb 07 11:42 AM
ViroPharma Incorporated has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for maribavir, an oral antiviral drug candidate for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in allogeneic bone marrow (stem cell) and solid organ transplant patients.Save to My Web

Scientist resists pull of politics on stem cells
Baltimore Sun - Feb 10 4:23 AM
Governor tours the Fells Point headquarters of Osiris Therapeutics, sees 'powerful' images of new treatments As the debate rages in Annapolis over state funding for stem cell work, Osiris Therapeutics has largely managed to avoid the fray. This, despite the fact that the Baltimore drugmaker is thought to be the only company in the nation with a commercialized product derived from stem cells. Save to My Web

Leigh News
Leigh Reporter - Feb 10 2:20 AM
A Lowton family is urging people to become bone marrow donors after their son lost a brave battle against Leukaemia.Save to My Web

Full-back supports donor campaign
BBC News - Feb 09 2:43 PM
England and Bath full-back Matt Perry supports a call for more young men to register as bone marrow donors.Save to My Web

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Free bone marrow transplants in Sept (Bone Marrow)

Free bone marrow transplants in Sept
Gulf Times - Feb 08 11:54 PM
Staff Reporter BONE marrow transplants for blood cancer patients and children afflicted with thalassemia will begin from September 1 at Al Amal Hospital, it was announced yesterday.Save to My Web

Tirico awarded MNF gig
Detroit News - Feb 09 1:23 AM
L ast week at the Super Bowl, ABC/ESPN said everything was all set with "Monday Night Football."Save to My Web

Harry's Hall call sits Well
New York Daily News - Feb 06 1:31 AM
DETROIT - Wellington Mara's death made Harry Carson change his mind about the Hall of Fame.Save to My Web

Bone marrow donors sought to save Stratham girl
Portsmouth Herald - Feb 09 6:11 AM
STRATHAM - Bone marrow drives are being held in February in honor of Jordyn Boucher, a 4-year-old Stratham girl in need of a bone marrow transplant to cure her leukemia.Save to My Web

Medistem Names Veteran Business Process Consultant Chris McGuinn as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 03 1:01 PM
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.----Feb. 3, 2006--Medistem Laboratories, Inc. , committed to the ethical development of next-generation medical therapies from non-controversial adult stem cell sources, announced today that it has named Chris McGuinn, a veteran corporate operations manager with background as a business consultant, process engineer and finance controller, as the Company's Vice President and Save to My Web

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces Issuance of 14th U.S. Patent
RedNova - Feb 07 8:14 AM
CALGARY, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) ("Oncolytics") has been granted U.S.Save to My Web

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Organ transplant drive is seeking black donors (Bone Marrow)

Organ transplant drive is seeking black donors
Oakland Tribune - Feb 06 3:02 AM
OAKLAND Community leaders are concerned there are more African Americans on the organ transplant waiting list than there are donors. The Links Inc.Save to My Web

Northwestern Memorial Hospital Named Bariatric Surgery Society 'Center Of Excellence'
Medical News Today - Feb 04 6:17 PM
The Bariatric Surgery practice at Northwestern Memorial Hospital was recently designated a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society of Bariatric Surgery (ASBS)."With more than two-thirds of Americans overweight or obese, bariatric surgery is becoming many people's last resort for overcoming it," said Jay Prystowsky, bariatric surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital... Save to My Web

OPEN ALL NIGHT! - The Franklin Institute and BODY WORLDS to Stay Open Around the Clock from February 10-12, 2006 to
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 06 7:22 AM
In celebration of Valentine's Day, American Heart Month, and its signature exhibit "The Giant Heart: A Healthy Interactive Experience Presented by Merck," The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA, will once again stay open around the clock on Valentine's Day Weekend.Save to My Web

Audenreid girl faces second leukemia fight
Standard Speaker - Feb 04 9:08 PM
Devon Bevans-Dercole of Audenried couldnt wait to play with her little sisters after spending three weeks at Penn State Childrens Hospital in Hershey.Save to My Web

Stem cells carry hope for lupus patients
Reformatorisch Dagblad - Feb 03 5:44 AM
NEW YORK - Scientists in the USA have used a form of stem-cell therapy to improve survival rates for the most severely sick lupus patients, a group that usually has no remaining treatment options.Save to My Web

FDA Grants Fast Track Status for ViroPharma's Maribavir for Prevention of Cytomegalovirus Infection
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 07 4:30 AM
ViroPharma Incorporated today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted fast track designation for maribavir, an oral antiviral drug candidate for the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in allogeneic bone marrow and solid organ transplant patients.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - People of Color Struggle to Find Bone-Marrow Donors

People of Color Struggle to Find Bone-Marrow Donors
DiversityInc.com (subscription) - 3 hours ago When Janet Ovalles' 7-year-old son Jaison returns from school, the first question he asks is if she has found a bone-marrow donor.

A new lease of life for Archelle
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - Feb 4, 2006 If their daughter would one day be in need of a bone marrow transplant, the several members of the community donating funds and a generous donor, who asked to

Marrow registration drives continue
Salem News, USA - Feb 2, 2006 IPSWICH Last weekend's bone marrow registration drive at the First Church added 202 names to number of recent efforts to try to find a suitable donor for 18

RUGBY HERO IN DONOR PLEA FOR TODDLER
Community Newswire, UK - Feb 3, 2006 compatible donor amongst their family. Memphis is one of 7,000 people worldwide currently waiting for an unrelated bone marrow donor.

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Life-threatening Lupus Responds To Stem Cell Transplant Therapy

Life-threatening Lupus Responds To Stem Cell Transplant Therapy
Science Daily (press release) - Feb 3, 2006 cleansed stem cells were returned to the bone marrow to repopulate the marrow and body regimen and supportive care during and after transplantation.

Helping Damaged Heart Cells to Heal
CCNMatthews (press release), Canada - Feb 6, 2006 Moreover, when the knock-out mice underwent bone marrow transplantation with normal mouse donors, the stem cell factor receptor signaling was restored and

Marrow matches are few and far between
Concord Monitor, NH - Feb 6, 2006 After their loved ones find a match, many families keep working for bone marrow transplantation. After Hristianna's successful transplant

Puget Sound Blood Center Scientists Receive $10.3 Million NIH
Eastside Business, WA - Feb 2, 2006 as a result of cancer chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation, trauma or Production Megakaryocytes are the mother cells in the bone marrow that fragment

AnorMED reports fiscal 2006 third quarter results and announces
MSN Money - 7 hours ago to evaluate MOZOBIL as a single agent in allogeneic transplantation and the data from ongoing Phase II trials with MOZOBIL at the Bone Marrow Transplant Tandem

CML Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
News Today Online, Philippines - Feb 2, 2006 cells is used, radiation therapy when a high dose of x-rays or high energy rays will kill the cancer cells, and lastly bone marrow transplantation where the

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New therapy gives hope to those suffering from sickle cell disease (Bone Marrow)

New therapy gives hope to those suffering from sickle cell disease
Newstarget.com, Taiwan - Feb 2, 2006 of African, Mediterranean, Indian or Middle Eastern descent -- is a stem cell transplant from an outside donor. After culturing the bone marrow-derived stem

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Effective for Acute
Cancerpage.com, GA - Feb 1, 2006 Health) - Hematopoietic donor stem cell transplantation (HCT) is Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and or unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation, but

FDA Grants Fast Track Status for ViroPharma's Maribavir for
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 22 minutes ago ViroPharma completed enrollment in a Phase 2 study of maribavir in recipients of bone marrow (stem cell) transplant in November 2005, and expects to release

Mad cow proteins also maintain stem cells
News-Medical.net, Australia - 1 hour ago what role PrP might play in stem cell biology process again and again--transplanting bone marrow from one noticed that with each subsequent transplant, the stem

Severe incurable lupus might benefit from stem cell transplant
Earthtimes.org - Feb 1, 2006 48 people with lupus in 1997 and harvested stem cells from their bone marrow. one per cent of lupus patients are best suited for a stem cell transplant to cure

Stem cells carry hope for lupus patients
Reformatorisch Dagblad, Netherlands - Feb 3, 2006 and returned them to the bone marrow in an European study that also used stem-cell transplantation for to undertake a more ambitious study: transplant a sibling

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Stem cells used to mend hearts (Bone Marrow)

Stem cells used to mend hearts
NEWS.com.au, Australia - 10 hours ago Two months ago, they had stem cells extracted from their bone marrow, which were then like we would be able to use cells from an unrelated donor to unrelated

Kentucky asked to give tax break to organ donors
Cincinnati Post, OH - 4 hours ago no donations of a liver, lung, pancreas, human intestine or bone marrow, according to the Otto's donor, Beth Hudepohl, 46, said she was fortunate enough not to

Rockefeller: My job is to stay alive
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), AR - Feb 5, 2006 In a transplant, bone marrow stem cells from a donor are placed in a bag attached to a tube that goes into a vein of the recipient so that the cells can enter

Rockefeller to undergo 2nd transplant surgery
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - Feb 2, 2006 A bone-marrow transplant is a procedure in which a patient s marrow is replaced with healthy marrow from a donor for the purpose of beating what could

Albany Democrat-Herald
Albany Democrat Herald, OR - Feb 5, 2006 that February and specialists began to prepare him for a bone marrow transplant. Amgen Corp., the Seattle branch of Make a Wish, an anonymous donor and the

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Bone Marrow - Stem cells carry hope for lupus patients

Stem cells carry hope for lupus patients
Reformatorisch Dagblad, Netherlands - Feb 3, 2006 The procedure was inspired by an approach sometimes tried in cancer treatment. First, bone-marrow stem cells were harvested from the patients own blood.

Rockefeller: My job is to stay alive
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - 11 hours ago His father, Winthrop, governor of Arkansas in 1967-71, died in 1973 of pancreatic cancer. A bone marrow transplant was not the first course of treatment.

Researchers defeat tumor cells by inhibiting healthy cells
News from Washington University in St. Louis, Washington - Feb 2, 2006 cancer patients taking estrogen suppressors might have increased osteoclast activity that could encourage the growth of microscopic tumors in the bone marrow

Transplant recipient reaches clinical milestone
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Feb 2, 2006 problems with concentration and potential rejection of their new bone-marrow cells. About his experience with cancer, he has maintained a fiercely positive

Declining Risk of AML After Hodgkin s Lymphoma
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN - Feb 2, 2006 Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the bone marrow and blood, which is characterized by the rapid uncontrolled growth of immature white blood cells

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Bone Marrow - Family seeks cure for rare disorder

Family seeks cure for rare disorder
Green Bay Press-Gazette - Jan 30 2:14 AM
When Kim Connelly heard her infant son, Evan, had Fanconi Anemia, she was "devastated." "It was the worst three weeks of my life. Every time I looked at him, I felt so bad for him," said Connelly, of Green Bay.Save to My Web

TV Movies: Jan. 29-Feb. 4
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jan 30 10:24 AM
Abandoned and Deceived '95. Lori Loughlin. A woman with two young sons fights back when her ex-husband stops paying child support. (2:00) LIFE: Sat. 7 P.M. (CC)Save to My Web

Patients' own stem cells used to treat lupus
Mail and Guardian - Feb 02 10:40 PM
Patients suffering from severe lupus have experienced improvement when injected with blood stem cells from their own bone marrow, according to a study published in the United States.Save to My Web

UCI Hospital Official's Post in Jeopardy
Los Angeles Times - Feb 02 12:04 AM
Regulators, saying cardiology department chairman's exemption was not intended for supervisors, seek to tighten rules.Save to My Web

Back to Weblog
Arkansas Times - Feb 01 12:24 PM
Sad news for Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller . The bone marrow transplant he received several months ago in response to a pre-cancer diagnosis was not successful, and he must undergo the procedure again.Save to My Web

Conquering cancer
The Observer - Feb 04 4:40 PM
A few years ago 28-year-old Emma Kearns's chances of survival would have been bleak. But thanks to Herceptin, breast cancer sufferers could now look forward to a long life. For the first time ever, scientists are talking about a cure.Save to My Web

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Five leaving Roger Williams Medical Center board (Bone Marrow)

Five leaving Roger Williams Medical Center board
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - Feb 2, 2006 tenure, the Hospital achieved a number of critical milestones, including the state s only Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Center for Stem Cell Biology, and an

Teen meets donor who saved him
Robertson County Times, TN - Jan 29, 2006 a bone marrow transplant, he didn't have a chance. "The transplant is the cure for it, basically," said Dr. Haydar Frangoul, a pediatric stem cell transplant

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Effective for Acute
Cancerpage.com, GA - Feb 1, 2006 Health) - Hematopoietic donor stem cell transplantation (HCT) is Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and or unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation, but

Stem Cell Transplant Fights Lupus
Forbes - Jan 31, 2006 The isolated stem cells then were returned to the patients' bone marrow to create a Stem cell transplant is "interesting, but it is a very invasive, high-risk

Mad-cow culprit maintains stem cells
innovations report, Germany - Jan 31, 2006 what role PrP might play in stem cell biology process again and again--transplanting bone marrow from one noticed that with each subsequent transplant, the stem

Study shows self-stem cell transplant offers promise for severe
Pravda, Russia - Jan 31, 2006 At 33, after a stem-cell transplant from her own bone marrow, her illness is in remission for the first time since her diagnosis shortly after high school

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This Week in Health (Bone Marrow)

This Week in Health
Intelihealth.com, PA - 3 hours ago patients' bone marrow where they could rebuild the faulty immune system. During an average of 2.5 years of follow up, many of the stem cell transplant patients

Hospital losing 5 from board
Providence Journal (subscription), RI - 16 hours ago "During their tenure, the hospital achieved a number of critical milestones, including the state's only Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Center for Stem Cell

Mad-cow culprit maintains stem cells
innovations report, Germany - Jan 31, 2006 However, in the control group, where they mimicked the experiment with bone marrow abundant with PrP, each transplant was as good as the next, and at no point

Life-threatening lupus responds to stem cell transplant therapy
EurekAlert (press release), DC - Jan 31, 2006 The stem cell transplant process used in the study is similar to that done to treat some forms of cancer. The patients' own bone marrow stem cells were

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Bone Marrow - Lt. Governor Win Rockefeller To Have Second Bone Marrow Transplant

Lt. Governor Win Rockefeller To Have Second Bone Marrow Transplant
KARK Little Rock - Feb 01 12:47 PM
Lieutenant Governor Win Rockefeller is expected to undergo a second bone marrow transplant in Seattle within a month. Doctors with the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance are determining why the first transplant was not successful.Save to My Web

One's Own Stem Cells May Treat Lupus
ABC News - Feb 01 4:29 PM
Study Shows Self-Stem Cell Transplant Offers Promise for Severe LupusSave to My Web

Scientists Spot Solitary Stem Cells in Living Bone Marrow
Newswise - Jan 30 2:21 PM
A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online Early Edition provides compelling visual evidence that hematopoietic, or blood-forming, stem cells prefer a solitary life.Save to My Web

Mice studies illustrate potential of chimp, human antibodies to protect against smallpox
PharmaBiz - Jan 30 1:37 AM
Results from a new study performed in mice indicate that hybrid laboratory antibodies derived from chimpanzees and humans may provide a potentially safe and effective way to treat the serious complications that can occur following smallpox vaccination and possibly may even protect against the deadly disease itself.Save to My Web

B.C. scientist's invention to boost world's supply of blood-clotting cells
Canadian Press via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 3:32 PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - A Vancouver scientist has invented a device to boost the world's supply of blood platelets, the life-saving cells that control bleeding.Save to My Web

Blood a vital part of us
The Ashland Daily Press - Feb 01 9:25 AM
This week's edition of Body 101 is all about blood. The blood that courses through our bodies inspires well known quotes such as 'blood is thicker than water,' and the sight of it can make people faint.Save to My Web

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Bone Marrow - Harris, 12, loses fight against leukemia

Harris, 12, loses fight against leukemia
ESPN - Jan 29, 2006 after complications from a cord blood cell transplant. recommended a life saving bone marrow transplant, until a transfer the young stem cells harvested from a

Leukemia patient hoping to find bone marrow donor
Brockton Enterprise, United States - Jan 31, 2006 of Bridgewater, along with Patti Henley of Weymouth and others organized several bone marrow screenings with the hope that a stem cell transplant will save

Israel Cancer Association USA Honors Dr. Jacob Rowe of Rambam
PR Web (press release), WA - Feb 1, 2006 Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. Dr. Rowe is responsible for establishing a major Stem Cell Transplant Unit at

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Effective for Acute
Cancerpage.com, GA - Feb 1, 2006 Health) - Hematopoietic donor stem cell transplantation (HCT) is Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and or unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation, but

Reduced Intensity Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplants Benefit Older
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN - Jan 31, 2006 AML) is a cancer of the bone marrow and blood Allogeneic stem cell transplants involve the use of high doses of prior to the infusion of stem cells, referred

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Bone Marrow - Payson man receives transplant from FDNY donor

Payson man receives transplant from FDNY donor
Payson Roundup, AZ - 23 hours ago with chronic leukemia in 1991, was referred more than 10 years later to the City of Hope Transplant Center for a life-saving bone marrow transplant, Kazlauskas

Boy s wish to see Statue of Liberty set to come true
Massillon Independent, OH - 16 hours ago on hospice care, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after collapsing He went through a successful bone marrow surgery last summer in Cincinnati

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Effective for Acute
Cancerpage.com, GA - 10 hours ago the role of unrelated donor transplantation in infants with leukemia by comparing after HLA-matched sibling or unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation, but

Reduced Intensity Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplants Benefit Older
Cancer Consultants (press release), TN - 23 hours ago Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the bone marrow and blood characterized by the rapid, uncontrolled growth of immature white blood cells known as

Bishop graduate Kathleen Stout devotes much of her time to helping
Inyo Register, CA - Jan 31, 2006 in wanting to continue helping others is a way for her to cope with leukemia. number of years until she is able to receive a life-saving bone marrow transplant

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