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Drive for stem cell donors in Langley – Surrey Now-Leader

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2017-07-31 NEWS

Surrey Now-Leader

Drive for stem cell donors in Langley
Surrey Now-Leader
More than 390,000 Canadians have joined the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network registry maintained by Canadian Blood Services, volunteering to be stem cell donors for any patient in need of a transplant, anywhere in the world. Right now, the …
Surrey teen rallies stem cell donors to help with ‘desperate’ need for South AsiansLangley Times

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Cost-effectiveness of allergen immunotherapy evaluated
Medical Xpress
… the researchers found that sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) and subcutaneous immunotherapy would be considered cost-effective using the U.K. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence threshold of £20,000/quality-adjusted life-year (QALY).

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CLL post-ibrutinib: CAR T-cell therapy shown to result in durable molecular remissions
Lymphoma Hub
Use of anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in CLL previously treated with ibrutinib has recently been shown to induce ‘durable molecular remissions’ in a phase I/II open-label study. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical …

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Using your own stem cells to help your body heal osteoarthritis
Medical Xpress
It works like this: Stem cells are extracted from a patient with a needle—usually from abdominal fat (adipose tissue) or bone marrow within the hip—and placed into a centrifuge, where the sample is spun rapidly to isolate the stem cells and create a
Stem Cell Therapy can provide a surgery-free solution to knee and …Colorado Springs Gazette
Innovative Medical Solutions: Stem Cell TherapyNewsChannel5.com
Global Stem Cell Market – Positive long term growth outlook 2016 …Medgadget (blog)
Blasting News –The Pharma Letter (registration) –Health Thoroughfare
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With New Patent, Cesca Eyes Faster, Less Costly CART Cell Production
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Chimeric antigen receptor Tcell receptor (CAR-T) and CAR-modified natural killer (CAR-NK) therapeutics can be produced faster and at less cost, Cesca Therapeutics says, through the cellular processing technology covered by a recently-awarded patent.