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New lead room at Six West, Children’s Hospital Boston via Boston Globe
Getting the Lead In A new addition to Children’s Hospital Boston is designed to help those with a rare and aggressive cancer A new lead-lined room at Children’s Hospital Boston may sound stark, but it’s a welcome addition for some parents of sick children. The $680,000 room will be used in the treatment of…
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“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”~Galileo Galilei
Six-year-old home after life-saving transplant
by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy has left hospital less than two months after receiving a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Rhys Harris, from Newbridge, was discharged on Saturday after living in a “bubble” to protect his new immune system. His family – parents Kevin and Dawn and brother Morgan – are…
Spirit of Giving – Sister Savior – Stem Cell Research
SISTER, SAVIOR By Kate Kruschwitz Children’s Immunology chief Raif Geha, MD, and gastroenterologist Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH, struggled to bring Andy’s infections under control. Meanwhile, Jordan Orange, MD, PhD, an immuno-genetics specialist, searched for clues to Andy’s condition. Orange was conducting research on the immune system’s master switch, the gene NF-kB Essential Modulator, or NEMO….
Transplant boy is out of bubble via BBC News
Transplant boy is out of bubble A six-year-old boy is able to leave hospital seven weeks after receiving a bone marrow transplant from a donor in the United States. Rhys Harris of Newbridge, Caerphilly county, is one of only about 40 people in the world with Nemo, a genetic disease crippling his immune system….
“Great minds have purposes, little minds have wishes.”
“Great minds have purposes, little minds have wishes.”~Washington Irving
Charla – Andy’s nurse
Charla took care of Andy during his hospital stays back in 2001, she moved to Texas with her family in 2003 (Vince husband and now has 2 kids) . We saw Charla yesterday she was visiting Boston for a medical conference. Andy didn’t remember Charla (he was 2 years old). This picture from circa Oct….
The Bacteria Art Exhibition
A gallery of art made from the patterns bacteria form with they grow in petri dishes. Link