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Doc describes Robin Roberts' disease
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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Stories Robin Roberts ' disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, causes the body to produce far fewer blood cells than are needed and can turn into a form of leukemia. To prepare for the bone-marrow transplant she received Thursday, the Good Morning
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GMA's Robin Roberts Preps For Surgery and Says "My Body Is So Weak But Not My Mind"
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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Today she wrote on her blog , Last Sunday to lift my spirits I threw a little party at my apartment for my GMA family. The next morning I walked through the hospital doors, with my guardian angels -- mom & dad -- back together and blazing a trail
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Sister gives bone marrow, provides lifeline to thalassaemic twins
New Delhi :: India | 9 months ago
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For over two years, they had to undergo painful blood transfusions every month. Till their 11-year-old sister Shruti stepped in, donating 400 ml of her bone marrow. On Monday, Shubh, now three-and-a-half years old, was discharged after a successful
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More decisions, choices for today's organ donors
Boston :: MA :: USA | 9 months ago
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Updated 2 hours ago Text size I n the rapidly evolving world of transplant surgery, there's still a sizable gap between the comfort level of potential donors and the technical realities of medicine, workers at organ procurement centers around the
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Teen earns green belt while battling leukemia
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 9 months ago
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One local teen is fighting a deadly disease, but she's still determined to accomplish her goals. Monica Sandoval, 17, isn't letting leukemia get in her way, MyFoxAtlanta reported. "I felt like time stopped. You don't go to the doctor expecting that's
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Soligenix receives NCI grant to advance Phase 2 trial of orBec
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Soligenix senior vice president and chief medical officer Kevin Horgan said, "We look forward to working with our clinical centers to initiate this study as soon as possible to continue development of orBec with the aim of addressing this critical
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Researchers Uncover New Genetic Clues to Why Most Bone Marrow Transplant Patients Develop Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Charlottesville :: VA :: USA | 10 months ago
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The answer appears to lie in the discovery of previously undetected genetic differences in the DNA of patients and unrelated marrow donors. Citations Science Translational Medicine ©2012 Newswise, Inc 215 5th St.
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Robin Roberts Steps Down
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
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Associated Press Robin Roberts has said goodbye to ABC's "Good Morning America," but only for a while. The "GMA" anchor made her final appearance Thursday before going on medical leave for a bone marrow transplant. Roberts' departure was first
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Robin Roberts: Transplant Donor, Sister Sally-Ann, Is "Giving Me the Gift of Life"
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
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Ida Mae Astute/ABC via Getty Robin Roberts is ready to fight for her life. Making her final appearance , for now, on Good Morning America Thursday, Roberts revealed that she is beginning her medical leave one day early, in order to visit her family
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Robin Roberts exits 'GMA' with a promise to return
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
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This Aug. 20, 2012 file photo released by ABC shows co-host Robin Roberts during a broadcast of "Good Morning America," in New York. Roberts has said goodbye to "Good Morning America," but only for a while. The "GMA" anchor made her final appearance
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