January 15, 2021

CANADA: Pioneering University of Alberta heart transplant expert named to Order of Canada

When University of Alberta pediatric cardiologist Lori West was put in charge of the transplant program at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children in 1994, the situation was dire for newborns

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January 14, 2021

UK: Race against time as Brave Evie, 8, desperately waits for stem cells transportation from London

A brave youngster is hoping to beat the clock as she hopes to receive a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Evie Hodgson began preparations for the transplant earlier this year and is

January 14, 2021

DUBAI: First pediatric kidney transplant from a live donor conducted in Dubai

Dubai: A team of physicians from Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital (Al Jalila Children’s), Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) and Mediclinic Middle East have successfully

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January 12, 2021

JAMAICA: Parents of 5-year-old boy with cancer need $30m (Jamaican) for bone marrow transplant

WHEN five-year-old Andre Arnett first started complaining of pain in his right arm while playing in April last year, his mother did not think much of it. She gave him

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January 11, 2021

UK: Luke gets life saving stem cell transplant after cancer diagnosis

LUKE Hope was one of 2,000 people on the stem cell transplant waiting list in the UK but he has successfully recovered from his operation. The 20-year-old was diagnosed with Leukaemia

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January 10, 2021

UK: Dad slams ‘inhumane’ rules banning him & wife both being with critically ill son, 1, as he undergoes chemo in hospital

A DAD has blasted rules which ban him and his wife as both spending time with their son in hospital together as 'inhumane'. One-year-old Max has diagnosed with aplastic anaemia -

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January 9, 2021

INDIA: I am too poor to afford my daughter’s bone marrow transplant Please help

Archana’s daughter, Tejaswini is just 10-years-old. Tejaswini has been fighting Thalassemia, a type of blood disorder. “I always see Tejaswini in pain while undergoing blood transfusions. The injection really scares her.

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January 9, 2021

CANADA: Stem cell transplant next week for Winnipeg child with rare condition

WINNIPEG -- A Winnipeg child with a rare condition that resulted in a national search for a bone marrow donor will undergo a transplant next week. Simone Jannetta, the mother of

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January 8, 2021

CANADA: Baby receiving stem cell transplant from mom after no ethnically diverse match found

A Winnipeg mother is preparing to be the stem cell donor for her baby with a rare immune disease in hopes of saving his life — after a closer match

January 7, 2021

CANADA: Punk rock, heart transplant and Paralympic Games trailblazers among Albertans appointed to Order of Canada

A sports scientist who helped create the modern Paralympic Games, a doctor who conducted breakthrough research on heart transplants for babies and a musician who played a pivotal role in Canada's punk scene

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