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Justin McGloin, 11, sick with leukemia, waits at Hasbro Children's for bone-marrow donor
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPROVIDENCE — The call to Katie McGloin came in July 2021 from the summer camp her son, Justin, 10...
FDA approves the first gene-editing treatment in the US
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA researcher handles a petri dish while observing a CRISPR/Cas9 process through a stereomicroscope...
Kidney transplants usually last 10 to 15 years. Hers made it 50, but now it's wearing out.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSharon Stakofsky-Davis and Denice Lombard both carry 90-something-year-old kidneys in their...
Barefoot Movement presents holiday show, donations drives and more news in weekly dose
FDL Reporter | The Reporter via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFOND DU LAC — The Barefoot Movement Holiday Show will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at Thrasher...
Cape Cod, we have a blood shortage of emergency proportions. Here's how you can help.
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt’s an amazing thing, giving blood. You’re actually giving a part of yourself to another person. There is no greater gift. The blood you donate can save someone’s life. At the least, it will ...
Surgeons transplant world's 1st genetically edited pig kidney into living human
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA surgical team said Thursday it has conducted the world's first genetically edited pig kidney...
Organ transplant milestone: As US crosses 1 million mark, advances offer hope for millions more
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRichard Herrick, 23, was facing certain death in 1954 when his identical twin, Ronald, agreed to...
Friends and family rally around Fairhaven native Tim Christ in need of a heart transplant
Gannett via AOL· 6 months agoTim and Meghan Christ are the parents of a 2-year-old daughter they adore, and they are doing all...
‘We’re not unicorns’: Husband donates kidney to wife at Loyola Medicine, showing possibilities for...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJon and Carol McCabe were in the Galápagos Islands with their family for the trip of a lifetime. The...
FDA considers first CRISPR gene editing treatment that may cure sickle cell
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAt age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew. The executive director of the nonprofit patient advocacy group the Sickle Cell Consortium ...