17 Nov 08 Case Of Patient "Cured" Of HIV Baffles Doctors
Doctors and experts are baffled by the case of a 42-year old male American patient living in Berlin whose 10-year long HIV infection appears to have been “cured” by a bone marrow transplant given to treat his acute myeloid leukemia.
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Tags: Acute Myeloid Leukemia, American Patient, Baffles, Bone Marrow, Doctors, Hiv, Hiv Infection, Leukemia, Living In Berlin
08 Oct 08 Hope That Stem Cells May Heal Damaged Hearts
Recent studies indicate that infusing hearts with stem cells taken from bone marrow could improve cardiac function after myocardial infarction (tissue damage that results from a heart attack). But in a recent systematic review, Cochrane Researchers concluded that more clinical trials are needed to assess the effectiveness of stem cell therapies for heart patients, as well as studies to establish how these treatments work.
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Tags: Bone Marrow, Cardiac Function, Clinical Trials, Cochrane, Heart Attack, Heart Patients, Hearts, Myocardial Infarction, Stem Cell, Stem Cells Taken From, Tissue Damage
30 Sep 08 Young People To Learn About The Power Of Giving
Students in classrooms across the UK will be able to learn about the dramatic effects of blood, organ, bone marrow and tissue donation and how they, too, can become lifesavers by choosing to donate, thanks to ‘Give and Let Live’, a free education pack issued by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). The teaching resource is aimed primarily at 14 to16 year old students but can be adapted for younger pupils, or 6 th formers.
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Tags: Bone Marrow, Dramatic Effects, Education Pack, Free Education, Lifesavers, People Power, Pupils, Tissue Donation, Young People
16 Sep 08 Bone Marrow Treatment Approved for Rare Bleeding Disorder (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration has approved Nplate (romiplostim), a drug that stimulates
bone marrow to make needed platelets in people with a rare bleeding
disorder called immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).
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Tags: Bleeding Disorder, Bone Marrow, Food And Drug, Food And Drug Administration, Healthday News, People
