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Study finds two drugs capable of slowing bone marrow cancer progression

March 22, 2021 Blood, bone, Bone Marrow, cancer, cell, Drugs, medicine, Myelofibrosis, Primary Myelofibrosis, transplant

Primary myelofibrosis (PMF), a relatively rare but painful type of bone marrow cancer, disrupts the body's normal production of blood

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Study indicates COVID-19 vaccines are safe for organ transplant patients

February 10, 2021 (COVID-19), Are, for, indicates, organ, patients, safe, study, transplant, Vaccines

In what may be the first study of its kind, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have documented the reaction of nearly

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Cancer patients weren’t responding to therapy. Then they got a poop transplant.

February 6, 2021 A, cancer, got, patients, Poop:, responding, Then, therapy, They, to, transplant, weren't

For some cancer patients, a “poop transplant” could boost the positive effects of immunotherapy, a treatment designed to rally the

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Fecal transplant turns cancer immunotherapy non-responders into responders

February 6, 2021 cancer, fecal, Immunotherapy, into, non-responders, responders, transplant, turns

Researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) demonstrate that changing the gut microbiome can transform

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Personal Health

Selena Gomez Confidently Shows Off Kidney Transplant Scar in New Swimsuit Photo

September 24, 2020 Confidently, Gomez, in, kidney, New, off, Photo, Scar, Selena, shows, Swimsuit, transplant

Selena Gomez surprised fans back in 2017 when she revealed on Instagram that she had recently received a kidney transplant.

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Tailored education system to benefit kidney transplant patients

September 16, 2020 benefit, Education, kidney, patients, System, tailored, to, transplant

Patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease have to go to a dialysis center for hours at a

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Doctors bring dead heart 'back to life' for groundbreaking transplant

December 2, 2019 back, bring, dead, Doctors, for, groundbreaking, heart, life, to, transplant

Doctors bring a DEAD heart ‘back to life’ by pumping it full of oxygen, blood and electrolytes in groundbreaking procedure

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Health Problems

Shingles vaccine safely prevents outbreaks among stem cell transplant patients

July 10, 2019 among, cell, outbreaks, patients, prevents, Safely, Shingles, stem, transplant, vaccine

A newer form of shingles vaccine reduced outbreaks of the painful rash among patients who were transplanted with their own

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Health Problems

Only 11 Americans are known to have received a 3rd double-lung transplant; this woman is preparing for the rare surgery

May 22, 2019 11, 3rd, A, Americans, Are, double-lung, for, Have, is, known, Only, preparing, Rare, Received, surgery, the, This, to, transplant, Woman

After her second double-lung transplant in 2012, Cassie Stanley was able to travel to Miami, Mexico and Las Vegas, root

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Health Problems

Two young moms bond over heart failure, transplant experiences

March 14, 2019 bond, experiences, failure, heart, moms, Over, transplant, two, young

Sarah Bradley’s second pregnancy was uneventful until 30 weeks, when she found herself swollen, breathless and unusually fatigued. When her

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