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Artificial bone marrow created, Hope for millions

U.S scientist have developed a synthetic human bone marrow. This is the first successful artificial bone marrow." A University of Michigan lab has created artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red ...

AIDS Patient Is Reported Cured

Bone Marrow Transplant Cured AIDS Patient BERLIN — A man suffering from AIDS, not knowing that he had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than 10 years appears to have been cured of the disease after...

Britain's world record marrow

"The soggy weather might have cast a dampener on the traditional British summer - but it has ensured vegetables are thriving and breaking new records.This monster vegetable now holds the new world record for the...

Blind war vet, 80, 'waited 20 hours' at hospital

Hope he won't be "the next Esmin Green". " AN 80-year-old war veteran was forced to wait nearly 20 hours overnight for treatment at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital emergency department, his wife claimed today. Edward Webster from Bedford was brought to SCGH emergency...

XY Gets Axed: Sperm Created from Female Bone Marrow

In the article below, by "ready" they really mean "years away from any sort o freliable application", so nobody has anything to picket for/against just yet. Meanwhile, a quick jaunt through the web with search...

Girl switches blood type in first-known case

"An Australian girl spontaneously switched blood groups and adopted her donor's immune system following a liver transplant in the first known case of its type, doctors treating her said Thursday. Demi-Lee Brennan was aged nine and seriously ill with liver failure when she...

Jeanette's Memory Lives On

"A HUSBAND whose wife died from leukaemia last year will today officially launch a new trust in her name to boost global health. Jeanette Crizzle, 51, died in October after a year-long search to find a suitable bone marrow donor failed. The Jeanette Crizzle Trust, launched by...

Fear Hinders Black Marrow Donation: Tuskegee Experiments' Legacy

Once bitten, twice shy, as they say."In 1982, transplant surgeon Dr. Clive Callender and his colleagues sat down to took a look at African-American organ donation numbers, and they were grim. While blacks represented about 12 percent of the U.S. population, they represented...

FDNY Honor Roll Of Life Ceremony

" January 18, 2007 New York - A flood of emotions will fill FDNY Headquarters as bone marrow transplant recipients meet, for the first time, with the firefighter donors who provided the transplanted marrow that saved their lives. These meetings will take place during a...

Finding a Master Heart Cell

"Scientists have identified a cardiac stem cell that could be the basis for new heart therapies. Although embryonic stem cells have certainly grabbed most of the attention — and headlines — in the stem cell field in recent years, embryos aren't the only source of...

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia - What You Should Know

"About 3,930 new cases of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) are diagnosed each year in the United States. It is the most common type of leukemia under the age of 19. Children are most likely to develop the disease, but it can occur at any age. Acute lymphocytic leukemia may be...

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - What You Should Know

"About 11,930 new cases of acute myelogenous leukemia are diagnosed each year in the United States. Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) may be called by several names, including: acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myeloblastic leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia or acute...

Gulf Veterans Have Fathered Offspring With Serious Birth Defects

At a rate FOUR TIMES higher than the non-veteran population.

Children Born Of Female Military Veterans

Study reveals that U.S. Gulf War veterans' children have a much higher likelihood of having three specific types of birth defects: Children born of male veterans -Two types of heart valve abnormality. Children born of female veterans - Genital-urinary defects. Study...

Fastest Growing Leukemia Cluster In The U.S. Over The Past Decade

"Thousands of tons of DU weapons tested for decades by the Navy on four bombing and gunnery ranges around Fallon, Nevada, is no doubt the cause of the fastest growing leukemia cluster in the U.S. over the past decade. The military denies that DU is the cause."

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