New method to boost supply of life-saving stem cells
(Center for Genomic Regulation) Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona and Columbia University in New York City have found a new method for growing a large quantity of life-saving blood stem cells. The scarcity of these cells is one of the greatest limitations for their use in a variety of medical procedures, from treatment of blood cancers to inherited blood disorders that require a bone marrow transplantation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - December 8, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Patti Payne: AML survivor returns home after bone marrow transplant, grateful for milestones
Now that Ryan Dwyer is home again, he is grateful and reflecting on that second difficult round of fighting leukemia which had returned with ferocity on May 20. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - November 25, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Patti Payne Source Type: news
Patti Payne: AML survivor returns home after bone marrow transplant, grateful for milestones
What ’s on your gratitude list for Thanksgiving and into the holidays? In the face of life-threatening challenges Ryan Dwyer, 40, is grateful for a long list of things. Gratitude is at the very fiber of his being.
This Kenmore man just underwent a bone marrow transplant for acute myeloid leukemia — his second round of this aggressive disease. He thought he beat it the first time, but learned in mid-2020 it had returned with a vengeance, and thus the more drastic treatment was needed.
Dwyer… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 25, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Patti Payne Source Type: news
EBMT 47th Annual Meeting
(European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation) The EBMT Annual Meeting is the most important annual event for research and education in the field of bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapy in Europe. It attracts more than 6,000 participants, including international experts, scientists, physicians, nurses, statisticians, clinical research technicians, patients and processing laboratory personnel. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 17, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Berlin patient: First person cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown, dies
Mr Brown, known as the Berlin patient, was cured after a bone marrow transplant to treat leukaemia. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hugh Jackman Surprises 10-Year-Old And Bone Marrow Donor Who Saved Boy ’ s Life
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - September 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Syndicated Local Bone Marrow Donation Grady Smith Hugh Jackman Jessica Carroll. Source Type: news
A Woman May Have Been Cured of H.I.V. Without Medical Treatment
In dozens of other patients who suppress the virus without drugs, it seems to have been cornered in parts of the genome where it cannot reproduce, scientists reported. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Genetics and Heredity Immune System Bone Marrow Transplants your-feed-science Nature (Journal) Harvard University Source Type: news
UArizona Health Sciences researcher seeks safer, more effective leukemia treatment
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) A potentially safer, more effective chemotherapy treatment for patients with blood-related cancers, such as leukemia, who need a particular bone marrow transplant procedure is under study at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. The procedure is known as a haploidentical (half-matched) bone marrow transplantation, or " haplo-BMT, " providng an alternate source of stem cells for patients needing a bone marrow transplant but unable to find a perfect or near-perfect donor match for human leukocyte antigens. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - August 3, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Two Cohrane Croatia members receive awards from the city of Split for 2019
Irena Zakarija Grkovi ć, co-director of Cochrane Croatia, and Matko Marušić, head of quality assurance at Cochrane Croatia, both received awards from the city of Split. The Split City Council, on May 4, 2020, decided that the traditional awards of the city of Split should be given to two members of theCochrane Croatia. The personal award was given to Irena Zakarija Grkovi ć, co-director of Cochrane Croatia, for selfless commitment and work on the popularization of breastfeeding. A second award was given to Matko Marušić, head of quality assurance at Cochrane Croatia, for the book " Mi Hrvati " . Irena is a f...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - July 8, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
Two Cochrane Croatia members receive awards from the city of Split for 2019
Irena Zakarija Grkovi ć, co-director of Cochrane Croatia, and Matko Marušić, head of quality assurance at Cochrane Croatia, both received awards from the city of Split. The Split City Council, on May 4, 2020, decided that the traditional awards of the city of Split should be given to two members of theCochrane Croatia. The personal award was given to Irena Zakarija Grkovi ć, co-director of Cochrane Croatia, for selfless commitment and work on the popularization of breastfeeding. A second award was given to Matko Marušić, head of quality assurance at Cochrane Croatia, for the book " Mi Hrvati " . Irena is a f...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - July 8, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news
More Covid-19 guidelines from NICE
NICE has published more “rapid” guidelines, this time covering provision of radiotherapy services and bone marrow transplant during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 1, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Evolving HTA frameworks to accelerate innovation
Innovation in the cancer treatment space offers great promise, but even when approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and other national regulatory bodies, patients can still face protracted delays in accessing new treatments.
Uncertainties in the evidence base for pioneering therapies can lead to delays from health technology assessment (HTA) agencies and payers in securing reimbursement.
To accelerate progress here, HTA frameworks must evolve, says Clare Hague, Therapy Area Market Access Lead, Hematology at Janssen EMEA, speaking ahead of the upcoming eyeforpharma Barcelona 2020 conference. “We need...
Source: EyeForPharma - March 14, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Andrew Stone Source Type: news
Evolving HTA frameworks to accelerate innovation
Innovation in the cancer treatment space offers great promise, but even when approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and other national regulatory bodies, patients can still face protracted delays in accessing new treatments.
Uncertainties in the evidence base for pioneering therapies can lead to delays from health technology assessment (HTA) agencies and payers in securing reimbursement.
To accelerate progress here, HTA frameworks must evolve, says Clare Hague, Therapy Area Market Access Lead, Hematology at Janssen EMEA, speaking ahead of the upcoming eyeforpharma Barcelona 2020 conference. “We need...
Source: EyeForPharma - March 14, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Andrew Stone Source Type: news
Second person cleared of HIV remains free of virus one year on
Researchers reveal Adam Castillejo still in remission 12 months after ‘cure’ declaredThe patient who became the second person ever to be cleared of HIV remains free of the virus a year after initial reports of a “cure”, researchers have revealed.Adam Castillejo, who wasuntil Monday known only as the “London patient”,wasdeclared free of HIV last year, 18 months after stopping antiretroviral therapy following a stem cell, or bone marrow, transplant to treat a type of blood cancer.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 10, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Aids and HIV Medical research Science London UK news Health Society Source Type: news
