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Kelowna family encourages expansion of blood and stem cell donor registry – Kelowna Capital News

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2015-10-30

KelownaNow

Kelowna family encourages expansion of blood and stem cell donor registry
Kelowna Capital News
It’s a genetic disorder that affects one in one million people, can cause premature aging or cancer, and requires a stem cell transplant to treat. After being diagnosed at an early age, Nadia and her parents, Tara Beehary and Thor Bjarnason, began
Kelowna Family Encourages Residents to Donate BloodKelownaNow

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2015-10-30

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India Needs Database of Blood Stem Cell Donors: Doctor
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“A large number of Indian patients with blood cancer and bone marrow failure who have failed standard treatments, can be cured with a haematopoietic stem cell transplant if only they had matched donors. For other patients, if a donor is found to be …
India needs database of blood stem cell donorsThe Statesman

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2015-10-30

Embattled stemcell researcher to be stripped of doctorate
Japan Today
Japan’s Waseda University is set to revoke the doctoral degree of Haruko Obokata, a former researcher at the heart of a data fabrication scandal surrounding what was initially seen as a groundbreaking stem cell discovery, sources familiar with the

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