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NEWS ABOUT: bone marrow

bone marrow stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Moved by a video of a young African American girl with leukemia, Rihanna is helping her find a bone marrow donor, People reports. It's the second time the singer has helped a leukemia sufferer seek a match. "When I saw the video of Jasmina it broke my heart,"... More »

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bone marrow • leukemia • donor • Rihanna

 Mom Gets 
 Trachea 
 Grown From 
 Own Stem Cells 

Organ grown with patient's stem cells

Nov 19, 08 4:49 AM CST
(Newser) - In a frontier-busting surgery, transplant doctors have given a young woman a trachea developed in a lab using the patient's own stem cells. Stem cells from the patient's trachea and bone marrow were used to create a new rejection-proof organ in the surgery, performed in Spain in June, reports the... More »

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surgery • stem cells • bone marrow • transplant • University of Bristol • collagen • trachea • Claudia Castillo • University of Padua • Polytechnic of Milan • Paolo Macchiarini • Hospital Clínic of Barcelona

Cancer Treatment May Have Cured Man's AIDS

After marrow transplant, patient stays virus-free

Nov 7, 08 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - A German doctor has inspired hope for a new approach to AIDS treatment with his handling of a leukemia case, the Wall Street Journal reports. Because the patient also had AIDS, Gero Hütter looked for a bone marrow donor with a specific mutation that seems to stymie the HIV... More »

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cancer • medical breakthrough • AIDS • Germany • HIV • gene therapy • bone marrow • transplant

 Doggy Wants
 a Bone...Transplant 

Bone marrow procedure to cost $15K-$20K

May 18, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doggy wants a bone, and he deserves it too. Canines will soon be lining up at Washington State University for bone marrow transplants, enjoying a little payback after pooches made the procedure possible in people, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. But the cancer treatment won't come cheap: WSU will treat man’... More »

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bone marrow • medical research • cancer research • veterinarian • dog • pet hospital visits

Bone Marrow Breakthrough Gives New Hope

Safer technique could benefit MS, arthritis sufferers

Nov 23, 07 2:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists investigating bone marrow transplants have made a breakthrough that could one day help millions. Currently, before transplants occur defective cells are killed with radiotherapy or chemotherapy—which causes widespread damage and can have serious side effects. But researchers have found it's possible to pinpoint and destroy blood-forming stem cells... More »

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medical breakthrough • rheumatoid arthritis • bone marrow • medical research • multiple sclerosis

 Heart Valve Grown 
 From Stem Cells 

Could be available for human transplants in three years

Apr 2, 07 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A  British team has grown a human heart valve from stem cells—a breakthrough certain to ignite as much controversy as hope. Sir Magdi Yacoub, professor of cardiac surgery at Imperial College, tells the Guardian that growing a whole human heart from stem cells is less than a decade away:... More »

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medicine • stem cell research • health • organ transplants • stem cells • bone marrow • heart transplants

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