Bone Marrow Transplant

POLL: 41 Percent Say Organ Donors Should Get Cash

Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Kidney Donation, Npr, Bone Marrow Transplant, Scott Hensley, Organ Donation, Poll, Organ Donations, Slideexpand, Organ Donation Compensation, Slidepollajax, Video, Impact News

Part of what is so inspiring about donating an organ is the selfless nature of the act. The giver doesn't expect anything in return. But with more...

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Boy, 5, Dies From Rare Disease; Inspires Almost 50,000 To Give Bone Marrow

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Bone Marrow Registry, Bone Marrow Transplant, Children's Hospital Boston, Michael Guglielmo, Giovanni Guglielmo, Nuclear Factor Kappa B Essential Modulator, Dkms-Americas, Impact News

In his five short years, Giovanni Guglielmo inspired a true miracle. Giovanni was diagnosed with a rare genetic immune disorder at five months old,...

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PHOTOS: Man Meets Postal Worker Who Donated Life-Saving Bone Marrow

Huffington Post | Emily Heinz | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Bone Marrow Transplant, Video, England, Be the Match, NY Blood Center, Mark Worrall, Slidepollajax, Audrey Pollard, New York, United States Postal Services, Impact News

Six months after Audrey Pollard, a New York post office worker, signed up for the marrow donor registry, she was matched to a man in England, desperat...

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Holler If You Hear Stewart Francke

Doug Bradley | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Detroit, Protest Songs, Bone Marrow Transplant, Uw Madison, Rock and Roll, Bruce Springsteen, Detroit News
Doug Bradley

Stewart Francke believes that music, at its finest, should move those of us who hear it to take some sort of action -- to learn more, to right a wrong, or even just to dance and have fun.

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Is Payment for "Bone Marrow" a Slippery Slope?

Joel Cohen | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Flynn v. Holder, Apheresis, Bone Marrow, Selling Bone Marrow, Bone Marrow Transplant, Politics News
Joel Cohen

Unlike the donor of a body part such as a kidney, may a recipient or benefactor of bone marrow legally pay the donor who "contributes" to the very life of the recipient, just as one may pay a blood, sperm or egg donor?

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U.S. State Department Denies Humanitarian Visa Little Girl Who Needs Bone Marrow Transplant

FoxNewsLatino.com | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Bone Marrow Transplant, Latino Voices News

A 5-year-old girl in Elizabeth, New Jersey, awaits an uncertain fate. Yarelis Bonilla, a United States citizen, has been diagnosed with leukemia and h...

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A Perfect Match: A Social Media Love Story

Vineet Singal | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Bone Marrow Registry, Bone Marrow Transplant, Bone Marrow Donation, Amit Gupta Bone Marrow, Amit Gupta, Leukemia, Bone Marrow, Impact News
Vineet Singal

Cancer can affect any of us. Perhaps our child. Our brother or sister. Our parent. Our friend. We must increase the number of bone marrow donors registered, not just to save my friend Amit, but to protect our community. Join us.

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Help Amit Gupta: $30,000 Reward Offered For Bone Marrow Match

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Rewards, Bone Marrow Registry, Seth Godin, Bone Marrow Transplant, Video, Bone Marrow Donation, Amit-Gupta-Bone-Marrow, Amit Gupta, Impact News

When Amit Gupta learned of his acute leukemia diagnosis last month, he wasn't shy about asking for help -- and neither were his tech-savvy friends. ...

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WATCH: Get Swabbed To Save Cancer Patients

Danielle Cadet | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Bone Marrow Registry, Video, Bone Marrow Transplant, dosomething.org, Andrew Jenks, Give a Spit, Cancer, Impact News

DoSomething.org has launched a nationwide bone marrow registry drive and is targeting college students, some of the best donor candidates out there. ...

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WATCH: Girl, 10, Brings Whole Community Out To Donate Bone Marrow

Huffington Post | Anna Bahr | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Texas, Bone Marrow Registry, Leukemia, Video, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cancer, Bone Marrow Donation, Childhood Cancer, Impact News

It's been two years of chemotherapy and radiation since 10-year-old Chenee Cayco was diagnosed with an agressive form of leukemia. Her doctors now...

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Brazil: A World Leader In Bone Marrow Donors

Chris McGowan | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Redome, Bone Marrow Transplant, Brazil, Bmdw, Sao Paulo, Kareen Abdul-Jabbar, Drica Moraes, Rio Olympics, Inca, PBSC Transplant, Bone Marrow Registry, Nmdp, Leukeumia, Chemotherapy, Rio De Janeiro, Chronic Leukemia, Be the Match, Bone Marrow Donation, Healthy Living News
Chris McGowan

In 2010, the well-known Brazilian television actress Drica Moraes was diagnosed with acute leukemia and received a bone marrow transplant in São Paul...

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Japanese Workers and Children Overexposed to Radiation

Alexia Parks | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Aplastic Anemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Hypoxia, Fukushima, Health Risks, Tokyo Electric Power, Nuclear Power, Fukushima-Dai-Ichi-Plant, Decomissioning, Nagasaki, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Immune System, Radiation, Chromosomes, Anemia, Leukemia, Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, Hiroshima, Spent Fuel Rods, Nuclear Proliferation, Joel Rauch M.D., Health Care, Three Mile Island, Home News
Alexia Parks

While the world news media has shifted its attention elsewhere, tragedy continues to unfold at Tokyo Electric Power's crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...

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Considering Geraldine Ferraro And Progress Myeloma Treatment

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Geraldine Ferraro, Myeloma Treatment, Multiple Myeloma, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cancer Survival, New Myeloma Therapy, Cancer Treatment, Home News
Dr. Elaine Schattner

Like many New Yorkers, feminists, hematologists and others, I was saddened to learn of Geraldine Ferraro's death.

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3-Year-Old Boy Needs Bone Marrow Donor to Save His Life

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bone Marrow Transplant, DKMS Bone Marrow, Bone Marrow Registry, Bone Marrow Donation, Ny News, Rayan Sher, Ny Impact, New York News

BATTERY PARK CITY -- Three-year-old Rayan Sher isn't just battling leukemia. The young Battery Park City resident is also fighting the odds, as his p...

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Models In Colorful Wigs And White Coats Used To Recruit Bone Marrow Donors

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cancer, Bone Marrow Donation, Bone Marrow Cancer, U.S. Bone Marrow Donor, Bone Marrow Registry, Bone Marrow Transplant, Home News

BOSTON — Justin Judkins was approached at a shopping mall by a pretty young model, "all dolled up," wearing high heels, a white lab coat and ele...

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UPDATE: New Yorkers Turn Out For Ahtyana Johnson, HuffPost Blogger Searching For Lifesaving Bone Marrow Match

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bone Marrow Transplant, Ahtyana Johnson, Blood Cancer, Ny Impact, Impact News

Last week, HuffPost Impact brought you the story of Ahtyana Johnson, a 17-year-old budding track star who was diagnosed with blood cancer. She is sear...

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Rihanna, Others Boost DKMS To World's Top Bone Marrow Site

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Katharina Harf, DKMS America, Leukemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Rihanna, Donors, Coty, Fundraiser, Impact News

Katharina Harf was just 13 years old when she found out that her mother, after surviving a bout with breast cancer, had acute leukemia and was in dire...

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Bad Blood: Politics Trumps Science in the Gay Blood Donation Debate

David Ambroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bone Marrow Registry, Bone Marrow Transplant, Civil Disobedience, GLBT Community, Fda, Civil Rights, The American Red Cross Blood Program, John Kerry, GLBT Rights, Glbt, Blood Donations, Politics News
David Ambroz

The recent debate on Gay Blood Donations does not have science at its core. Instead, it's a debate as to the otherness of GLBT citizens.

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Umbilical Cord Blood: Save It and Save Lives

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Umbilical Cord Blood Donation, Bone Marrow Transplant, Stem Cells, Umbilical-Cord-Blood, Bone Marrow Donation, Umbilical-Cord-Blood-Banks, Healthy Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

Thousands of Americans -- many of them children -- needlessly die annually because they cannot find either a bone marrow or umbilical cord blood match to help treat conditions like lymphoma and leukemia.

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Mandi Schwartz, Yale Hockey Player, Needs Bone Marrow Donor

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bone Marrow Registry, Mandi Schwartz, Leukemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cancer, Bone Marrow Donation, Yale, Impact News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Doctors say a Yale women's hockey player has about a month to find a matching bone marrow or cord blood donor to save her lif...

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Matt Szczur, Villanova Football Star, Donates Bone Marrow To 19-Month-Old Leukemia Patient

Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Be the Match, Bone Marrow Registry, Leukemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Bone Marrow Donation, Matt Szczur, Bone Marrow, Impact News

The baseball and football star for the Villanova Wildcats recently took time off to help a little girl. A football standout ... Matt Szczur (pronounc...

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Organ And Bone Marrow Donation: Troubling Statistics Prove Difficulty Of Saving Lives

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bone Marrow Registry, Seun Adebiyi, Bone Marrow Transplant, Organ Donors, Bone Marrow Donation, Organ Donation, Hope for Natalie, Organ Donation Statistics, Video, Impact News

A recent surge in online campaigns for organ and bone marrow donors highlights the need for increased registry in the U.S. and abroad. According the U...

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Hey Stranger, Gotta Match? New York Attorney/Activist/Mother Needs Bone Marrow Transplant

Molly Secours | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Leukemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Attorney, Cancer, Humanitarian, Activism, New York, Chemotherapy, Health, Video, Healthy Living News
Molly Secours

Transplant may only occur between parties matching genetic tissue, requiring a donor who is of African descent. Unfortunately, this group is underrepresented within national bone marrow registries,

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Thoughts on Bone Marrow Selling

Michael Rugnetta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bone Marrow Registry, Orwellian, Iran, Bone Marrow Transplant, Organ Transplant, Bioethics, Technology News
Michael Rugnetta

Is selling bone marrow sensible or exploitative? A recent panel at the Cato Institute debated the issue.

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Help Save My Life: Sign Up For The National Marrow Donor Program

Seun Adebiyi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: DKMS America, Nigeria, Leukemia, Seun Adebiyi, Bone Marrow Transplant, National Bone Marrow Program, Dkms, Video, Impact News
Seun Adebiyi

As a 26 year-old African-American, I don't know which is more difficult: trying to make history as the first Nigerian delegate in the Winter Olympics, or finding a donor for a bone marrow transplant.

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