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    Nov 13, 2011 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. Chandler girl, 7, raising money for ill classmate

    MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A 7-year-old Chandler girl has a lofty goal and vision, not for herself, but for her friend. Kiana Banks, a first-grader at Chandler's Hull Elementary School, wants to raise $100,000 for her friend and classmate Amber Fernandez,...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Dancing, Health Treatments, Health, Cancer

    2. Jul 18, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Transplant of sibling's stem cells shows promise in sickle-cell fight

    Ieshea Thomas, who has suffered from sickle cell anemia nearly all of her life, recently received a life-changing gift from her sister: stem cells.
    Ieshea Thomas, who has suffered from sickle cell anemia nearly all of her life, recently received a life-changing gift from her sister: stem cells. Her sister Ivenus' donation of stem cells in November means Thomas' body is now able to produce normally...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Trials, Pharmaceuticals, Health Treatments, Chemical Industry

    3. Feb 5, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Dr. Ernest McCulloch dies at 84; he and research partner were first to isolate and identify a stem cell

    Dr. Ernest McCulloch, who with biophysicist James E. Till was the first to isolate and identify a stem cell, opening the door immediately to bone marrow transplants and eventually to what researchers believe will be a host of treatments for a broad spectrum of diseases ranging from spinal cord injuries to Alzheimer's, died Jan. 20 in Toronto, just two weeks shy of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the pair's seminal discovery. He was 84.
    Dr. Ernest McCulloch, who with biophysicist James E. Till was the first to isolate and identify a stem cell, opening the door immediately to bone marrow transplants and eventually to what researchers believe will be a host of treatments for a broad...

    Tags: Toronto (Canada), Diseases and Illnesses, Human Body, Medical Research, Toronto Star

    4. May 3, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Dr. Helen M. Ranney dies at 89; pioneering female physician explored sickle cell genetics

    Dr. Helen M. Ranney, a pioneering female physician who was among the first to explore the genetics of sickle cell disease and scored a number of firsts for women in her profession, including being the first to head a department of medicine at a U.S. medical school, has died. She was 89, a week short of her 90th birthday.
    Dr. Helen M. Ranney, a pioneering female physician who was among the first to explore the genetics of sickle cell disease and scored a number of firsts for women in her profession, including being the first to head a department of medicine at a U.S....

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Veterans Affairs, Medical Research, Biology, World War II (1939-1945)

    5. Jun 24, 2011 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  5. Lives depend on more blacks becoming bone marrow donors

    That day when Yvonne Lawrence glanced into the crib she immediately knew something was wrong.
    That day when Yvonne Lawrence glanced into the crib she immediately knew something was wrong. Babies aren't supposed to be blue. What she soon would learn at the hospital is that her 3-month-old son was cursed with sickle-cell anemia. The inherited...

    Tags: Human Body, Bones and Joints, Skin, Health, OxyContin (drug)

    6. Dec 18, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Awash in words

    Comporting with Tribune columnist Mary Schmich’s "Simple language just isn’t as thrilling" (News, Dec. 5), noting what seems to be an inexorable slide toward extinction for any word that stands out from the crowd, I once accepted that sad...

    Tags: Immune System, Blood, Mary Schmich

    7. Nov 15, 2012 |Column| Daily American

  7. Colostrum is needed at birth

    Soon, winter will make its unwelcome return and with it, difficult challenges when it comes to raising calves. After a reprieve last year from a couple of exceptionally harsh winters in a row, most people expect the cold and snow to return again with a...

    Tags: Immune System, Diarrhea, E. coli Infection, Vaccines

    8. Nov 6, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. High hopes for a malaria vaccine

    Each year, malaria kills more than 1 million people -- 90% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and 80% of them younger than 5 -- and makes 300 million people seriously ill. Major progress in controlling the disease has been made by the widespread adoption of...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Pharmaceuticals

    9. Oct 13, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Maryland Shock Trauma seeks community consent on blood plasma study

    Many patients taken to the University of Maryland's Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore cling to life, barely able to breathe, much less consent to participate in a medical trial, a reality that makes trauma research extremely difficult.
    Many patients taken to the University of Maryland's Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore cling to life, barely able to breathe, much less consent to participate in a medical trial, a reality that makes trauma research extremely difficult. With life-saving...

    Tags: Human Rights, Trials, Medical Research, Research, Emergency Health Procedures

    10. Oct 11, 2012 |Story| CNN
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    Tags: Cycling, Tour de France, Blood, Lance Armstrong, Sports

    11. Sep 29, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. With 'Gold,' Chris Cleave braces for another reversal in fortune

    When the British author Chris Cleave published his debut novel, "Incendiary," he fell victim to perhaps the worst historical coincidence ever to afflict an author.
    When the British author Chris Cleave published his debut novel, "Incendiary," he fell victim to perhaps the worst historical coincidence ever to afflict an author. The book, about a terrorist attack in a London sports stadium, was released on July 7,...

    Tags: Ewan McGregor, The New York Times, Research, Nicole Kidman, Movies

    12. Jun 19, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Stem Cells in the Bank -- for What, It's Not Yet Known

    The courier arrived just after midnight with a bag of blood collected from a fresh umbilical cord.
    Times Staff Writer
    The courier arrived just after midnight with a bag of blood collected from a fresh umbilical cord. Inside the laboratory at Family Cord Blood Services in Santa Monica, a worker siphoned off red cells, leaving a dilute mixture of stem cells — a...

    Tags: Diabetes, Los Angeles, Baby Products, Florida, Alzheimer's Disease

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