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In A First, Woman Reported Cured Of HIV After Bone Marrow Transplant
A US patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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When A Bone Marrow Donor Met His 4-Year-Old Recipient For The First Time
Vihaan is a bright and active 4-year-old boy. He is a thalassemia survivor. And just over a year ago, he desperately needed a bone marrow transplant.
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London HIV Patient World's Second To Be Cleared Of AIDS Virus: Doctors
An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor, his doctors said.
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Toddler Needs Extremely Rare Blood To Beat Cancer; The World Is Helping Her Find It
Doctors said the tumor had been growing inside Zainab's abdomen for nearly half of her life. Fighting it would require two bone marrow transplants and a series of transfusions to replenish her blood supply as chemotherapy shrinks the tumor to nothing, doctors said.
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"Humbled": 3-Year-Old Attends Bone Marrow Donor's Wedding As Flower Girl
As soon as Hayden Hatfield started walking down the aisle, her eyes locked on her flower girl.
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Cancer Survivor, 3, Becomes Flower Girl At Bone Marrow Donor's Wedding
In a story that has left many on the Internet teary-eyes, a three-year-old girl who battled cancer her whole life recently became a flower girl at her bone marrow donor's wedding.
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"I Saved Them Because I'm A Superhero!": 4-Year-Old Donates Bone Marrow To Baby Brothers
The 4-year-old boy fancied himself a real-life superhero, wearing a blue T-shirt with photographs of his 4-month-old twin brothers, who were born with a rare immunodeficiency disease. When his parents told him that his brothers needed a bone marrow transplant and he was a donor match, Michael told them that he wanted to save his brothers and would ...
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Over 400 People Peddle To Create Awareness About Stem Cell Donation
This cycle rally marks the celebration of World Marrow Donor Day. The World Marrow Donor Day is a day celebrated to thank all the donors for their contribution. Over 2,76,000 volunteer donors are registered with DARTI.
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Iraqi Girl Undergoes Stem Cell Transplant From German Donor In Faridabad
A 15-year-old Iraqi girl suffering from a rare bone marrow failure syndrome got a new lease of life after she received stem cells from an unrelated German donor.
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Stem Cells Saved His Life. Two Years Later, He Met The Donor
Kolkata: Joy knew no bounds for 42-year-old Nilesh Sinha, when he hugged his saviour, 27-year-old Sajat Jain. Mr Sinha calls it the ‘warmest and most meaningful hug of his life’. Two years ago, Mr Sinha was suffering from Aplastic Anemia, a rare disease in which the bone marrow and the hematopoietic stem cells that reside there are damaged. O...
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'Hithendran Effect' Keeping Tamil Nadu At The Forefront Of Organ Donation
The story of a 15-year-old boy named Hithendra, who lost his life in a motorbike accident, continues to inspire many in Tamil Nadu to become organ donors. As his parents chose to donate Hithendra's heart, kidney, liver, corneas and bone marrow, their action sparked off a movement called 'Hithendra Effect'.
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Pakistani Infant Becomes Youngest Bone Marrow Donor In India
Eight-month-old Pakistani infant Rayan has become the youngest bone marrow donor in India by donating healthy bone marrow stem cells to his elder sister, who underwent successful transplant at a city hospital in Bengaluru.
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Blood Cancer Girl Gets 50 Pc Matched Bone Marrow Transplant
In a rare medical procedure, a two- year-old girl suffering from acute blood cancer was given a new lease of life after a successful 50 per cent matched Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) at a private hospital in Jaipur.
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India Needs Database of Blood Stem Cell Donors: Doctor
With only one in two million Indians finding a genetically matched donor, the country needs a database of willing blood stem cell donors to help the cause, a senior haematologist said.
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Indian-origin boy inspires surge in bone marrow donation in UK
An Indian-origin boy has inspired a huge surge in bone marrow donation in UK after his parents launched a campaign to find a life-saving donor for the two-year-old suffering from a rare type of blood cancer.
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In A First, Woman Reported Cured Of HIV After Bone Marrow Transplant
A US patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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When A Bone Marrow Donor Met His 4-Year-Old Recipient For The First Time
Vihaan is a bright and active 4-year-old boy. He is a thalassemia survivor. And just over a year ago, he desperately needed a bone marrow transplant.
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London HIV Patient World's Second To Be Cleared Of AIDS Virus: Doctors
An HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor, his doctors said.
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Toddler Needs Extremely Rare Blood To Beat Cancer; The World Is Helping Her Find It
Doctors said the tumor had been growing inside Zainab's abdomen for nearly half of her life. Fighting it would require two bone marrow transplants and a series of transfusions to replenish her blood supply as chemotherapy shrinks the tumor to nothing, doctors said.
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"Humbled": 3-Year-Old Attends Bone Marrow Donor's Wedding As Flower Girl
As soon as Hayden Hatfield started walking down the aisle, her eyes locked on her flower girl.
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Cancer Survivor, 3, Becomes Flower Girl At Bone Marrow Donor's Wedding
In a story that has left many on the Internet teary-eyes, a three-year-old girl who battled cancer her whole life recently became a flower girl at her bone marrow donor's wedding.
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"I Saved Them Because I'm A Superhero!": 4-Year-Old Donates Bone Marrow To Baby Brothers
The 4-year-old boy fancied himself a real-life superhero, wearing a blue T-shirt with photographs of his 4-month-old twin brothers, who were born with a rare immunodeficiency disease. When his parents told him that his brothers needed a bone marrow transplant and he was a donor match, Michael told them that he wanted to save his brothers and would ...
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Over 400 People Peddle To Create Awareness About Stem Cell Donation
This cycle rally marks the celebration of World Marrow Donor Day. The World Marrow Donor Day is a day celebrated to thank all the donors for their contribution. Over 2,76,000 volunteer donors are registered with DARTI.
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Iraqi Girl Undergoes Stem Cell Transplant From German Donor In Faridabad
A 15-year-old Iraqi girl suffering from a rare bone marrow failure syndrome got a new lease of life after she received stem cells from an unrelated German donor.
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Stem Cells Saved His Life. Two Years Later, He Met The Donor
Kolkata: Joy knew no bounds for 42-year-old Nilesh Sinha, when he hugged his saviour, 27-year-old Sajat Jain. Mr Sinha calls it the ‘warmest and most meaningful hug of his life’. Two years ago, Mr Sinha was suffering from Aplastic Anemia, a rare disease in which the bone marrow and the hematopoietic stem cells that reside there are damaged. O...
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'Hithendran Effect' Keeping Tamil Nadu At The Forefront Of Organ Donation
The story of a 15-year-old boy named Hithendra, who lost his life in a motorbike accident, continues to inspire many in Tamil Nadu to become organ donors. As his parents chose to donate Hithendra's heart, kidney, liver, corneas and bone marrow, their action sparked off a movement called 'Hithendra Effect'.
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Pakistani Infant Becomes Youngest Bone Marrow Donor In India
Eight-month-old Pakistani infant Rayan has become the youngest bone marrow donor in India by donating healthy bone marrow stem cells to his elder sister, who underwent successful transplant at a city hospital in Bengaluru.
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Blood Cancer Girl Gets 50 Pc Matched Bone Marrow Transplant
In a rare medical procedure, a two- year-old girl suffering from acute blood cancer was given a new lease of life after a successful 50 per cent matched Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) at a private hospital in Jaipur.
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India Needs Database of Blood Stem Cell Donors: Doctor
With only one in two million Indians finding a genetically matched donor, the country needs a database of willing blood stem cell donors to help the cause, a senior haematologist said.
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Indian-origin boy inspires surge in bone marrow donation in UK
An Indian-origin boy has inspired a huge surge in bone marrow donation in UK after his parents launched a campaign to find a life-saving donor for the two-year-old suffering from a rare type of blood cancer.
