Sacramento
Boy Undergoes Stem Cell Procedure
Dallas ' parents hope their decision to bank his umbilical cord
blood will give him a shot at a normal life. Because Dallas has
access to his own stem cells, he's been accepted into a clinical trial
at Duke University. .
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How a baby helped save his brothers life
The stem cells in Joseph Kim's umbilical cord blood were retrieved by
doctors and infused into his then-five-year-old brother who was suffering
from a rare bone marrow disease.
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New use of cord blood to treat
childhood leukemia: study
A three-year-old leukemia victim was
given a life-saving infusion of her own cord blood, marking the first time
a child with this disease served as their own blood donor, American
doctors said.
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Doctors treat teen’s heart with stem cells
In the first procedure of its kind in the world, Michigan doctors said Wednesday they have treated a teenage boy who suffered a heart attack with stem cells in hopes of repairing his damaged heart.
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Life-saving cord blood bonds mother, daughter
In a case that could make the medical history books, a newborn daughter’s umbilical cord has helped save her mother’s life.
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Stems cells are thought of as the Holy Grail of medicine
One young boy agrees with that. He made medical history because he’s been cured of his life-threatening disease. The key to his cure came from something that is routinely tossed in the garbage – an umbilical cord. Umbilical cords were always considered medical waste. Not anymore.
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Stem Cells ‘Like Gold’ for Baby with Cancer
For once in his short but long-suffering life, Jesse Farquharson has left the hospital with good news. The 11-month-old Bolton, Ontario boy, blinded in both eyes by a cancer that spread to his spinal fluid, is making a "prompt recovery" from a pioneering bone-marrow transplant at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.
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