Chance O'Hearn, 21, of Kentwood, currently lives with his mother, Alice McFarlane, in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is waiting for a complete heart and liver transplant. Chance has struggled with …
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A 29-year-old young woman who was diagnosed with an incurable disease on her 21st birthday is now hoping for a miracle: a stranger's decision may save her life.
Shaylee Willis' life was changed forever when she was diagnosed with an incurable autoimmune disease just days after her 21st birthday. Now she is patiently waiting for a life-saving kidney …
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Heart Transplantation
Woods Cross Youth City Council holds blood drive to support young man undergoing heart transplant
by Eliza Paceby Eliza PaceWoods Cross — The Woods Cross Youth City Council is rallying together to support a city council member who is recovering from a heart transplant. The city council will be …
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The early morning Honor Walk was held in recognition of 33-year-old Allison Bell. Bell, a nurse, leaves behind her husband Joe, …
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Bone marrow transplantion
Expectations for new treatment for hematological malignancies in young patients
Although haploidentical stem cell transplantation remains the standard of care for the treatment of hematologic malignancies, the procedure is not without its challenges. These include difficulty in finding a perfectly …
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STANFORD, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Currently, more than 100,000 people in the United States are in need of an organ transplant. It is considered lucky to be matched once, but …