Bone marrow match found for Rhys
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A worldwide search discovers a bone marrow match in the US for a boy with a rare genetic disease.
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To save her sister&#39;s life, Mary Jo Krafty is counting on people in the Slate Belt community to push up their sleeves and get a blood test to become members of the National Bone Marrow Registry.
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Detectives hunting the killer of 11-year-old Rhys Jones today arrested two teenagers for firearms offences, Merseyside Police said
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A 16-year-old leukaemia patient foregoes further treatment so she can enjoy what is left of her life.
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Researchers have found for the first time a change in DNA that could put someone at a higher risk for high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
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A haemophiliac exposed to contaminated blood products over 20 years ago gives evidence at an independent inquiry.
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Geneticists who have tested DNA throughout the British Isles are struck by the overall genetic similarities.
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UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells.
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Stomach cancer may not originate from the organ itself, but from bone marrow cells, researchers find.
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Genes involved in the devastating disease Lupus, which affects 50,000 people in the UK, are identified.
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Thousands of mourners dressed in soccer jerseys packed a cathedral Thursday for the funeral of Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old shot dead as he played soccer with friends and laid to rest in a coffin emblazoned with the crest of favorite team.
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Seventeen-year-old Shane Rich of Kensington in Cape Town was diagnosed with leukaemia four months ago. On Monday, his elder sister Jane lay patiently in hospital for seven hours as her stem cells were harvested in an attempt to save Shane&#39;s life.
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Stem cells from umbilical cord blood can save the lives of leukemia patients when compatible bone marrow donors aren&#39;t available, according to two major studies published today.
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An $18 million grant awarded to the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy will help in the treatment of bone marrow cancer and in the search for a cure, doctors say.
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A five-year-old boy with a rare blood disorder is appealing for more bone marrow donors from ethnic minorities.
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Scientists discover a groundbreaking method for sorting various types of stem cells using electrophoresis.
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In the past few months, Sarasota resident Mary Pierson has taken some of the most important tests of her life. Tests that determined she was a possible match for her husband, Mark, who needs a kidney transplant.