Make a resolution to become a bone marrow donor, urge parents of brave leukaemia girl, 7

Make a resolution to become a bone marrow donor, urge parents of brave leukaemia girl, 7, who may struggle to find match Request: Rhiane Francois may need bone marrow to help treat her leukaemia.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2532092/Make-resolution-bone-marrow-donor-urge-parents-brave-Rhiane-7.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

24 Roswell Park physicians included on 'America's Top Doctors' list

Twenty-four physicians from Roswell Park Cancer Institute have been named to Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.'s 2014 "America's Top Doctors" list.

http://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2013/12/27/114101/24-roswell-park-physicians-included-on-americas-top-doctors-list

Cancer-prevention strategies should improve with discovery that adult ...

Researchers at UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have discovered a mechanism by which certain adult stem cells suppress their ability to initiate skin cancer during their dormant phase - an understanding that could be exploited for better cancer-prevention strategies.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270572.php

11th Armenian Medical World Congress Exceeds Expectations

The Congress held true to its theme of `Uniting for a Healthy Future,' bringing together healthcare professionals and dignitaries from 16 nations around the world.

http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg491534.html

'Storytelling' author Rudy Mazzocchi on virtual book tour

Entrepreneur/business author Rudy Mazzocchi will be on a nationwide virtual book tour January 6 - February 28 to promote his new book, Storytelling: The Indispensable Art of Entrepreneurism .

http://www.examiner.com/article/storytelling-author-rudy-mazzocchi-on-virtual-book-tour?cid=rss

Stem Cells to Cure Sickle Cell

Sickle cell is a serious disease that causes pain, anemia, infection, organ damage, and even stroke.

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=32636

Efficient plasmid-mediated gene transfection of ovine bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells.

Given the close similarity between ovine and human cardiomyocytes, sheep models of myocardial infarction and heart failure are increasingly used in studies of stem cell-mediated heart regeneration.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/guhjy/article/12884802