WATCH: Robin Roberts marks milestone 'birthday': 5 years since her bone marrow transplant
Plus, Dr. Richard Besser discusses the new medical advancements that have been made over the past five years, which may offer hope to those who need a marrow transplant. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GMA Source Type: news

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to Cellect's ApoGraft(TM) for Acute GvHD and Chronic GvHD
ApoGraft™ aims to solve Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) and other transplant rejection associated diseases Cellect's CEO, Dr. Shai Yarkoni commented "We may provide the answer to a great unmet clinical need causing severe morbidity and death in t... Regenerative Medicine, FDA Cellect Biotechnology, ApoGraft, graft versus host disease, stem cell (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - September 5, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Gamida Cell launches severe aplastic anemia trial
Gamida Cell said today that the first patient has been transplanted in a study of its CordIn product for patients with severe aplastic anemia or hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndrome. The product is designed for patients with rare genetic diseases who have no fully-matched donors for a bone marrow transplantation. Gamida Cell said it is also evaluating its CordIn therapy for patients with sickle cell disease. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.   The post Gamida Cell launches severe aplastic anemia trial appeared first on MassDevice. (Source: Mass Device)
Source: Mass Device - August 21, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Clinical Trials Research & Development Stem Cells Gamida Cell Source Type: news

Baby goes home after bone marrow transplant, 100-plus day hospital stay
Seven-month-old Denniya Rawls was treated for a life-threatening disorder. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

WATCH: Baby leaves hospital after over 100-day stay
Denniya Rawls, 7 months old, underwent a lifesaving bone marrow transplant at Cleveland Clinic Children's in Cleveland, Ohio. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle Source Type: news

Two life-threatening conditions.One remarkable wish.
When Lucas St. Onge blew out the five candles on his birthday cake, he made just one wish. He didn’t ask for ninja turtles, a T-ball set or an Xbox — the only thing he wished was to be just like any other kid. “It was a gift I couldn’t give,” says his mom, Heather. On that same day, last May, he got his wish. “He got a liver, stomach, pancreas, intestine and spleen — the five organs he needed to help him become healthy and happy,” Heather says. Heather was 18 weeks pregnant when she and her husband, Anthony, learned they were about to face a myriad of medical challenges with their unborn child. To what ex...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - June 28, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Emily Williams Tags: Our Patients’ Stories bone marrow transplant Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Dr. Heung-Bae Kim Dr. Khashavar Vakili Dr. Rima Fawaz Intestine and Multivisceral Transplant Program Pediatric Transplant Center ( Source Type: news

David Loeb, M.D., PH.D., Named Chief of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at the Children ’s Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
June 26, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—Leading pediatric oncologist and NIH-funded researcher David M. Loeb, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chief of the division of pediatric hematology, oncology, marrow and blood cell transplantation atAlbert Einstein College of Medicine and theChildren’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). A noted sarcoma researcher and clinician and bone marrow transplantation specialist, Dr. Loeb will join the faculty on September 1, 2017. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - June 26, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

David Loeb, M.D., Ph.D., Named Chief of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at the Children ’s Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
June 26, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—Leading pediatric oncologist and NIH-funded researcher David M. Loeb, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chief of the division of pediatric hematology, oncology, marrow and blood cell transplantation atAlbert Einstein College of Medicine and theChildren’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). A noted sarcoma researcher and clinician and bone marrow transplantation specialist, Dr. Loeb will join the faculty on September 1, 2017. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - June 26, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

David Loeb, M.D., Ph.D., Named Chief of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
June 26, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—Leading pediatric oncologist and NIH-funded researcher David M. Loeb, M.D., Ph.D., has been named chief of the division of pediatric hematology, oncology, marrow and blood cell transplantation atAlbert Einstein College of Medicine and theChildren’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). A noted sarcoma researcher and clinician and bone marrow transplantation specialist, Dr. Loeb will join the faculty on September 1, 2017. (Source: Einstein News)
Source: Einstein News - June 26, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

An LAPD officer needs a bone marrow transplant. His ethnicity limits his chances of getting one
Matthew Medina, 40, suffers from an often-fatal disease. As a Filipino, his chances of finding a bone marrow donor are less than 50%. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - June 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Soumya Karlamangla Source Type: news

Israel's Gamida Cell Raises $40 Mln for Bone Marrow Trial Israel's Gamida Cell Raises $40 Mln for Bone Marrow Trial
Israel ' s Gamida Cell, which is developing cellular therapies to treat cancer and rare genetic diseases, said on Monday it raised $40 million to finance the advanced trial of its product NiCord to facilitate bone marrow transplants.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - June 20, 2017 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Transplantation News Source Type: news

Israel's Gamida Cell raises $40 million for bone marrow trial
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel's Gamida Cell, which is developing cellular therapies to treat cancer and rare genetic diseases, said on Monday it raised $40 million to finance the advanced trial of its product NiCord to facilitate bone marrow transplants. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Big Slick: Three more celebrities join star-studded fundraiser
James Marsden, Samm Levine and Blake Vogt will join the star-studded lineup for Children ’s Mercy’s annual Big Slick fundraiser. The annual celebrity weekend, hosted by Kansas City comedians Rob Riggle, Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, David Koechner and Eric Stonestreet will return June 23 and 24. The event has raised more than $4.5 million for Children’s Mercy since its inception sev en years ago to further pediatric cancer research, early detection and the hospital’s bone marrow transplant unit. This… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - June 9, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Elise Reuter Source Type: news

Gut Bugs Signal Success of Bone Marrow Transplant (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Intestinal flora may serve as biomarkers for better survival (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - May 24, 2017 Category: Hematology Source Type: news