More Media Stem Cell Confusion
This reporter is clearly confused. Regular adult stem cells, which have been used to treat leukemia and lymphoma for decades, are found naturally in bone marrow and other tissues. In contrast, iPSCs are adult cells, like skin cells, that have been reprogrammed back to an embryonic-like state. So while adult stem cells are naturally found in many parts of the body, iPSCs are embryonic-like stem cells that are created in the lab. iPSC technology is relatively new and is not being used to treat patients. As far as I know, there is only one clinical trial going in the world right now using iPSCs in humans. Because iPSCs are pl...
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - January 13, 2014 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Source Type: blogs
My Bone Marrow Transplant: Looking Back
I received a bone marrow transplant when I was a teenager, so I know that it can be difficult no matter how well it goes.Contributor: Elizabeth KanePublished: Dec 18, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - December 18, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
How I Survived from Thalassemia
I was 14 when I received my bone marrow transplant. I was diagnosed with thalassemia, a rare condition that disrupts the body’s ability to generate red blood cells.Contributor: Vivian LeePublished: Dec 12, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - December 12, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
My Experience with a Bone Marrow Transplant
Let's be clear - cancer is very, very frightening. Not only the cancer itself, but the prospect of its various treatments and what comes along with them.Contributor: Miss KatePublished: Dec 12, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - December 12, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
Hiv Returns In Two Us Men After Bone Marrow Transplants
In July, doctors announced early, encouraging results: one patient appeared HIV-free after being off the drugs for seven weeks and the other for 15 weeks. But signs of HIV soon returned. They were found in the first patient 12 weeks after stopping therapy, and in the second patient 32 weeks after stopping therapy. “Both patients have resumed therapy and are currently doing well,” Heinrich said, adding that the patients do not wish to be identified in the media. He said it was important to share the results with fellow researchers, because they signal “that there may be an important long-lived HIV reservoi...
Source: aids-write.org - December 8, 2013 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs
Bone marrow donation and compensation: My moral dilemma
It’s a criminal offense to pay a person to donate an organ. That policy fits well with societal norms that restrict commerce in certain areas. For example we don’t allow people to sell themselves into slavery. We certainly don’t want people to be coerced for financial reasons to sell their organs and endanger their lives.
And yet, arguments for paying for organ donation exist. People die all the time for lack of a suitable organ available for transplant. Is it right to interfere with their pursuit of life, health and happiness by restricting how people use their wealth? And of course doctors and hospitals...
Source: Health Business Blog - December 6, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: dewe67 Tags: Patients bone marrow donor Source Type: blogs
Set Back in HIV Cure is Just That: A Set Back
Two men who were believed cured of HIV after a bone marrow transplant have the virus return; but researchers are definitely on the way to finding a cure.Contributor: Susan GraybealPublished: Dec 06, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - December 6, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
My Experience with a Bone Marrow Transplant
Undergoing a bone marrow transplant is probably one of the hardest parts in the lives of patients. There are so many things that need to be considered in order to minimize the risk and improve the chances for having a successful procedure and recovery.Contributor: Natalee LozzyPublished: Dec 06, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - December 6, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
Life Sentences for First-time, Non-Violent Offenders
I'm hijacking Shrink Rap for a moment. I feel like I'm justified in linking to an article about mandatory minimum prison terms because the correctional system is where many people obtain psychiatric services in our country. Nicholas Kristof writes in Serving Life for This?about some egregious stories of people serving long prison terms for drug-related offenses. One woman had no prior legal history, was not found with any drugs, but was convicted based on the testimony of others who testified against her in exchange for reductions in their own sentences. So the 32 year old mother, with no prior ...
Source: Shrink Rap - November 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Nalini Ambady, Stanford psychology professor, dies at 54
By Bjorn Carey (Stanford News)
Nalini Ambady, a Stanford professor of psychology, died Oct. 28 after a long battle with leukemia. Her passing followed a yearlong, worldwide effort by family, friends and students to find a bone marrow donor match. She was 54.
A distinguished social psychologist, Ambady was well known for her research showing that people can form accurate first impressions about others based only on seconds-long observations of their nonverbal behavior.
“Thin slices,” as these quick impressions are known, are now a staple of social science textbooks, and were popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in hi...
Source: The Situationist - November 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Harvard Stem Cell Institute publishes initial clinical trial results
Starting with a discovery within zebrafish in 2007, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have published initial results of a Stage Ib human clinical trial of a therapeutic that has the potential to improve the achievements of blood stem cell transplantation. This marks the first time, just nine brief years after Harvard’s major dedication to stem cell biology, that will investigators have carried a breakthrough from the lab bench to the clinic—fulfilling the promise on which HSCI was founded.
The particular Phase 1b safety study, published in the journal Bloodstream , included 12 adult individua...
Source: My Irritable Bowel Syndrome Story - October 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Ken Tags: IBS News Source Type: blogs
No sickle cells or pain to zap child’s sparkle
Article taken from The St. Louis American, written by Sandra Jordan
The fact that Gabby Carter of Cape Girardeau, Missouri can go to school and play just about like any other child her age is nothing short of extraordinary.
She received a cord blood stem cell transplant last summer at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. It was her best chance at a cure for the debilitating complications of sickle cell anemia.
With this hereditary blood disorder, normally round red blood cells, that contain the iron-rich hemoglobin protein that carries oxygen throughout the body, are sickle-shaped. Those irregularly shaped cells become ...
Source: Cord Blood News - September 17, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: joyce at mazelabs.com Tags: blood disorder Cord Blood parents pregnancy stem cells sickle cell anemia Source Type: blogs
A road map for recovery
2020 Health -This research by 2020 Health and
Anthony Nolan looks at the rates of survivorship following bone marrow
transplant (BMT) and finds that there is a corresponding need to look at
long-term strategies to improve the quality of life for BMT patients.
It also finds that currently there is variation in what is available
across the country and makes recommendations in order to improve
post-transplant care and access to post-transplant services.
Report
2020Health - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - September 13, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
9/11 Repost
My dream is always the same.
It’s just another day in hell. I stand on the Bone Marrow Transplant unit. There are no windows. Suddenly the building starts to shake. The ceiling cracks letting in rays of sunlight. The ground rumbles below.
Sadness, grief, and despair spew from the floor. They rise as black lava erupting from the innards of the building and drag me to the street. I am swept forward as black death encompasses the earth and moves to envelop the sun. It carries me to the east, always to the east.
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I've never thrown a punch. Never been in a fight or carried a gun. So if you ask me what it is like to do...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - September 10, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs
Breast Cancerversary – guest post
Here is a new breast cancer blog called The Rack | tales of a breast cancer fighter It is a well written synopsis of a one year journey. Let her know if you enjoy it. Dennis It is truly bewildering … Continue reading → (Source: Being Cancer Network)
Source: Being Cancer Network - September 2, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dennis Pyritz Tags: Guest Post * Bone marrow transplant Breast cancer Survivorship Source Type: blogs
