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Indian Breakthrough In Bone Marrow Transplant To Aid Children With Sickle Cell Disease
The study by the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurugram, places India among the leading nations in advanced paediatric transplant outcomes.
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In A First, Delhi Army Hospital Conducts Bone Marrow Transplant For 7-Year-Old
Master Sushant Paudel was diagnosed with ARPC1b, a very rare form of immunodeficiency at one year of age.
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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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"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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SCB Medical College And Hospital Completes Their 50th Bone Marrow Transplant
The bone marrow transplant unit of this hospital was inaugurated in February 2014. The unit was the first of its kind in Cuttack and the government announced that this surgery will be conducted free of cost. Read the full report here.
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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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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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Jaipur Hospital Performs Bone Marrow Transplant On Foreigner
A 42-year-old man from Nigeria underwent a successful bone marrow transplant at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur on Thursday.
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HIV returns in two US men after bone marrow transplants
Signs of HIV have returned in two American men who appeared to have briefly eradicated the virus after bone marrow transplants for cancer, US doctors said on Friday.
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Finally, a bone marrow match for this baby
Tears of happiness rolled freely down the cheeks of Ruchita and Rupesh Pednekar on Saturday. After a worldwide search, doctors have finally found a donor whose bone marrow cells matched with their 17-month-old daughter. But even this momentous news has come with a rider: a price tag that is currently unaffordable for the Kandivli-based couple.
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Mumbai couple struggle to save their daughter: here's how you can help
Fifteen month-old Anvi needs a life-saving bone marrow transplant, but her parents, Ruchita and Rupesh Pednekar, are struggling to put together the 15 lakh required for the procedure. This, after the couple from Kandivali already lost their first daughter, 18 month-old Sanika, in 2008.
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Help this Mumbai couple save their daughter
Fifteen month-old Anvi needs a life-saving bone marrow transplant, but her parents, Ruchita and Rupesh Pednekar, are struggling to put together the 15 lakh required for the procedure. This, after the couple from Kandivali already lost their first daughter, 18 month-old Sanika, in 2008.
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Omani girl undergoes bone marrow transplant in Bangalore
A three-year-old girl from Oman, who was diagnosed with leukaemia six months ago, has got a new lease of life after doctors in Bangalore successfully performed a bone marrow transplant on her.The child named Mariam Bint Abu Ahmad who needed an urgent surgery even had a donor in her eight-year-old brother Abdullah, but her family was scouting for th...
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Indian Breakthrough In Bone Marrow Transplant To Aid Children With Sickle Cell Disease
The study by the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Gurugram, places India among the leading nations in advanced paediatric transplant outcomes.
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In A First, Delhi Army Hospital Conducts Bone Marrow Transplant For 7-Year-Old
Master Sushant Paudel was diagnosed with ARPC1b, a very rare form of immunodeficiency at one year of age.
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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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"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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SCB Medical College And Hospital Completes Their 50th Bone Marrow Transplant
The bone marrow transplant unit of this hospital was inaugurated in February 2014. The unit was the first of its kind in Cuttack and the government announced that this surgery will be conducted free of cost. Read the full report here.
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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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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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Jaipur Hospital Performs Bone Marrow Transplant On Foreigner
A 42-year-old man from Nigeria underwent a successful bone marrow transplant at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur on Thursday.
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HIV returns in two US men after bone marrow transplants
Signs of HIV have returned in two American men who appeared to have briefly eradicated the virus after bone marrow transplants for cancer, US doctors said on Friday.
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Finally, a bone marrow match for this baby
Tears of happiness rolled freely down the cheeks of Ruchita and Rupesh Pednekar on Saturday. After a worldwide search, doctors have finally found a donor whose bone marrow cells matched with their 17-month-old daughter. But even this momentous news has come with a rider: a price tag that is currently unaffordable for the Kandivli-based couple.
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Mumbai couple struggle to save their daughter: here's how you can help
Fifteen month-old Anvi needs a life-saving bone marrow transplant, but her parents, Ruchita and Rupesh Pednekar, are struggling to put together the 15 lakh required for the procedure. This, after the couple from Kandivali already lost their first daughter, 18 month-old Sanika, in 2008.
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Help this Mumbai couple save their daughter
Fifteen month-old Anvi needs a life-saving bone marrow transplant, but her parents, Ruchita and Rupesh Pednekar, are struggling to put together the 15 lakh required for the procedure. This, after the couple from Kandivali already lost their first daughter, 18 month-old Sanika, in 2008.
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Omani girl undergoes bone marrow transplant in Bangalore
A three-year-old girl from Oman, who was diagnosed with leukaemia six months ago, has got a new lease of life after doctors in Bangalore successfully performed a bone marrow transplant on her.The child named Mariam Bint Abu Ahmad who needed an urgent surgery even had a donor in her eight-year-old brother Abdullah, but her family was scouting for th...
