Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): Transplanting own stem cells into heart of severe angina patients lessens their pain and improves their ability to walk, a new study has revealed.
The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed that transplant subjects also experienced fewer deaths than those who didn’t receive stem cells.
In the 12-month Phase [...]
Jammu, Nov 17 (IANS) The Indian Army’s Northern Command hospital at Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir has successfully performed bone marrow transplant in a cancer patient, becoming the first institution in the state to offer this specialised treatment, officials said Tuesday.
The process was performed on a 50-year-old serving soldier, suffering from multiple myeloma (a cancer [...]
Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): Scientists from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre have come up with a novel treatment that would improve survival rates of leukemia and pre-leukemia patients.
They used a radiolabeled antibody to deliver targeted doses of radiation, followed by a stem cell transplant, to successfully treat a group of leukemia and pre-leukemia patients,
The study [...]
Washington, Oct 31 (ANI): A new study has revealed that targeted immunotherapy has been found effective in treating lymphoma associated with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV-lymphoma) in patients who have received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT).
Lymphoma is a cancer of white blood cells called lymphocytes that are largely responsible [...]
Chennai, Sep 17 (IANS) In Tamil his name means carrier of fame. But what Pugazhendi, a one and a half year old boy actually carried to this world was a second life for his elder sister who suffered from thalassaemia, and in the process achieved fame.
Pugazhendi and his sister Thamira’s case is India’s first successful [...]
Nevada (US), Sept 14 (ANI): Bollywood star Lisa Ray, who was recently diagnosed with incurable cancer, said that she didn’t react after learning that she had Multiple Myeloma.
The Kasoor star revealed the shocking news on her blog last week, explaining she was battling Multiple Myeloma, a rare type of cancer of the bone marrow.
The 37-year-old [...]
