Category Archives: Stem Cell Transplant

Stem cell transplant (myeloma by Tarsam Chand) By: CancerStories … Continue reading →

Bone Marrow Transplant By: Ford Yates … Continue reading →

Myeloma Stories: Mark Aitken, Part I In Part I, Mark describes the initial diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma, which included a stem cell transplant. Watch Part II here: http://www.yout... By: LeukaemiaQld … Continue reading →

Myeloma Stories: Mark Aitken, Part II In Part II, Mark talks about his experiences after a stem cell transplant. Watch Part III here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph_DEOfQIFM. By: LeukaemiaQld … Continue reading →

If your child's having a stem cell transplant - tips from parents Is your child having a stem cell transplant? We've put together a video with tips from parents who've been through the same thing. For more help and advice, ... By: Anthony Nolan … Continue reading →

By Amber South asouth@publicopinionnews.com @AESouthPO on Twitter MERCERSBURG >> Two years after a stem cell transplant, Chevy Hockenberry is growing in mind and body toward the 4-year-old that he is. He has started a preschool program, and is improving his speech and getting physically stronger. "He's just very much like a normal boy now," said his mom, Melissa Johnson, Fayetteville. His dad is Lance Hockenberry. But Chevy continues to wear hearing aids and glasses, and still has some physical issues with his bones to contend with as he continues his journey living with Hurlers syndrome. Public Opinion last talked to Johnson in March 2012, about a week before the stem cell transplant surgery to prevent the disease from gaining more ground inside Chevy's little body. Doctors diagnosed Chevy with Hurlers syndrome in January 2012. The rare, inherited disease prevents the body from producing an enzyme that helps break down and process long chains of sugar molecules, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center's website. Without the enzyme, the sugar molecules can build up and damage organs. Chevy stayed at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for six months after his surgery. The results of the surgery were not immediately great. … Continue reading →

MENAFN - Arab Times - 18/03/2014 On his part, Dr. Salem Al- Shemmeri, head of chemotherapy division of Sheikha Badriya Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Center for Oncology and Stem Cell Transfusion, said the conference will debate several issues related to leukemia including the lymph node tumors and the latest methods of detection and medication. "The Kuwaiti experts will present to their peers the positive results of the tests they have made in the field of marrow transplant," Dr. Al- Shemmeri, chairman of the conference and head of the Lymphoma unit at the center, added. The conference features a number of workshops and discussions on a number of cases at Sheikha Badriya Center. Meanwhile, Minister of Health Dr. Ali Al-Obaidi Saturday welcomed the "important" decisions of the Arab Health Ministers during their recent meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Al-Obaidi, in a press statement following his return from Cairo where he took part in meetings of the health ministers' council and the Executive Office of the council, described the discussions as objective and constructive. He said his Arab counterparts were eager to develop common Arab action in health and humanitarian fields. Al-Obaidi said the Arab health ministers approved two Kuwaiti proposals, the establishment … Continue reading →

Ottawa-native, Chris Taylor, is riding an emotional roller coaster. Taylor was first diagnosed with Leukemia 2 years ago. Chemotherapy worked but the cancer soon returned. Without a stem-cell transplant, doctors fear his cancer will keep coming back. Taylor is a business partner at the Crazy Horse Grill in Kanata, and he manages Grace O'Malley's pub in Toronto. In October, his friends and colleagues held swabbing parties, hoping to find him a stem-cell match. In Canada, the OneMatch registry is looking for male donors aged 17 to 35. For those who do match someone in need, the procedure isn't painful; in most cases it's similar to donating blood. In November, Taylor was told his match had been found. Days before the transplant, the donor suffered a medical complication that made him unable to donate. Taylor was put back on the list, and a second donor was found. A new transplant date was set for early April. Suddenly, that donor has backed-out. The circumstances surrounding that decision remain confidential. "There are a lot of reasons why somebody could (back-out), so I can't judge, says Taylor, Who am I to judge anyway. I have to stay positive for my own fight. Right now … Continue reading →

A Japanese research institute says a study that promised a revolutionary way to create stem cells should be quashed after claims its data was faulty, dealing a huge blow to what was touted as a game-changing discovery. Riken institute head, Ryoji Noyori, who jointly won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2001, also heaped criticism on lead researcher Haruko Obokata for her 'sloppiness' and warned the controversy could shake the public's faith in research. The findings, published by 30-year-old Obokata along with other Japanese researchers and a US-based scientist in the January edition of British journal 'Nature', outlined a relatively simple way to grow transplant tissue in the lab. But it faced hard questions as the respected institute, which sponsored the study, launched an inquiry last month over the credibility of its data used in the explosive findings. Among key concerns was that researchers used erroneous images - crucial to supporting the study - which resembled those used in Obokata's doctoral dissertation in 2011. 'I apologise that the papers which Riken researchers recently announced in Nature caused an incident that could hurt the credibility of the scientific community,' Noyori told a press briefing. 'This immature researcher handled and collected enormous … Continue reading →

Richard France has been visiting Pine Island for 18 years. Each winter he escapes the Ohio winters for the sunny warmth of Pine Island for about six months a year. "In 2008 I was diagnosed when I was 68 years old with acute leukemia," France said. "I underwent treatments for a fair amount of time, 4 or 5 months - chemotherapy. We usually come down in January but that year we were here for March and April." He continued, "After that I was in remission for three years but then in 2011 we were here in Florida and I got a call from my doctor. He said the cancer had returned and that I needed to get back to Ohio. They recommended that I have a bone marrow transplant and I got on the transplant list. I think it was under a year when I got word that they had a donor. By then they had decided against a bone marrow transplant and were looking for a stem cell donor. It was the day before Thanksgiving that I went into the hospital and I stayed until almost Christmas. On Nov. 30, I got Laurie Burnworth's stem cells." Laurie Burnworth stem … Continue reading →