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TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 7, 2008 – A little boy from Flagstaff, Ariz., touched the lives of Guardsmen at the 162nd Fighter Wing here last year when he visited the wing to be a fighter pilot for a day, and he continues to inspire unit members today. Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Reinhold, then a major, puts the 162nd Fighter Wing patch on 6-year-old Dominic Magne’s flight suit during the boy’s visit to the Arizona Air National Guard unit April 17, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Gabe Johnson  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. At the age of...

Researchers from the University of Dundee in the UK were able to reveal for the first time how Arsenic and other molecules like Arsenic trioxide (ATO), known for many years to cure the acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), help break down the protein causing the leukemia. This achievement may help researchers develop less poisonous drugs to fight the disease.   Professor Ronald Hay (Credit: University of Dundee) APL is a sub-type of AML (acute myelogenous leukemia), and is common at the relatively young age of 40 (AML is common at the age of about 70). In 1992, ATO was found to...

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Blasted for Support of Embryonic Stem Cell Research WASHINGTON, D.C., August 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - "It is ludicrous." That was the reaction of Douglas R. Scott, Jr., president of Life Decisions International (LDI), to a statement by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (L&LS) in defense of its support for embryonic stem cell experimentation. LDI, which publishes a list of corporations that fund the abortion-committing group Planned Parenthood, recently updated the "Dishonorable Mention" section of The Boycott List. The section identifies nonprofit organizations that "are linked to Planned Parenthood and/or its agenda." Like Planned Parenthood, L&LS actively...

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorAugust 28, 2007Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is getting heat from a pro-life organization because it backs embryonic stem cell research that requires the destruction of human life. The crux of the debate between the groups revolves around a letter LLS signed in favor of a bill to require taxpayer funding of the research.After learning that the Planned Parenthood watchdog group Life Decisions International had LLS to a group of charities pro-life advocates should boycott, a pro-life advocate wrote the organization.LLS spokesman Doug Lubbers wrote to the pro-life person, saying "This is a...

Nearly two months after undergoing a transplant designed to infuse her body with healthy blood and defeat leukemia, a 13-month-old Simi Valley girl remains in isolation in a Los Angeles hospital. Hailey Joy Kent, who received stem cells from a donor's umbilical cord on May 30, is still on a battery of medications as doctors monitor a blood count that fluctuates day to day. She's playing with her favorite rattles and seems mostly happy but faces a long list of challenges, like relearning how to eat. "Considering what she's been through so far, she's doing all right," said Maria Kent,...

Apparently Wyoming Republican Senator Craig Thomas is in "serious condition" at National Naval Medical Center where he has been getting treatment for leukemia. According to a statment, "Doctors have been administering a second round of chemotherapy to control the disease, but the senator's blood cancer has proven resistant to their most recent efforts and he continues to struggle with infection in addition to the leukemia." His wife, Susan, said in the statement, "At this difficult time, all we can do is give him as much love and support as possible. The support and prayers of Wyoming folks have made a...

Almost 2 years ago, I posted a prayer request for a little boy, Ethan Rossi. At that time he was 6 months old and newly diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. When he was 10 months old, he had a bone marrow transplant. For the past 2 years he has done well, but his parents received a phonecall from his oncologist last week informing them that it looks as if Ethan's transplant has failed, At this time,we are believing that our gracious God has healed Ethan, but we have to be prudent, so on Tuesday, March 6, Ethan will go to...

A three-year-old leukemia victim was given a life-saving infusion of her own cord blood, marking the first time a child with this disease served as their own blood donor, American doctors said. The little girl is now a thriving six-year-old six -- a tribute, say her doctors, to the pioneering transplant that helped her recover from radical chemotherapy. They also commended the foresight of her parents who decided to save some of her umbilical cord on the off chance it might be needed later. "There's a good chance the procedure saved her life. She is in remission and has an...

Shirly Ray Trumps, 84, a retired Army colonel who led commando operations behind German lines in support of the Normandy invasion, died of lymphocytic leukemia Nov. 15 at his home in Annandale. Born along the Bayou Teche in Breaux Bridge, La., in the heart of Louisiana's French-speaking Cajun parishes, he joined the Army in 1940 as a member of the Louisiana National Guard and was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry in 1942. On a weekend pass to Washington in 1943, he heard that the Army was searching for French-speaking volunteers to train for special missions. He applied for and...

CHEYENNE, Wyoming (AP) -- Sen. Craig Thomas, hospitalized since Monday with pneumonia, has been diagnosed with a form of leukemia, his spokesman said Thursday. The Wyoming Republican, who was easily elected to a third term while in the hospital, issued a statement saying he will undergo treatment and plans to return to Congress in January.

A major breakthrough in cancer research may save a Fort Campbell soldier's life.  An anonymous person had donated stem cells from umbilical cord blood. That donation led to only the second adult stem cell transplant in the state. For Army Cpl. Charles Dougherty, however, it was a chance to reclaim the life he lost due to leukemia. “I'm a combat engineer for the U.S. Army. We do demolitions and mine clearance,” Dougherty said.  Dougherty had to leave the job he loves. “For him not to be able to do his job. I know it's hard on him,” his wife, Crystal...

Embryonic stem cells have not cured or successfully treated a single patient. Contrast that with the more than 70 conditions that are treatable using non-embryonic stem cell therapies. One of the hottest debates in bioethics today surrounds research using stem cells taken from either in vitro fertilization or cloned human embryos. From state legislatures and the halls of Congress to the United Nation, the controversy over whether to ban (or fund) such research rages. Human cloning for embryonic stem cell research creates human embryos virtually identical to a patient’s genetic composition. The embryo’s stem cells are then harvested — a...

Adult stem-cell research may lead one day to cures for terminal and debilitating diseases "I hope we will always be guided by both intellect and heart, by both our capabilities and our conscience." -President George W. Bush1 Few areas of scientific study hold as much potential as adult stem-cell research. This research is already generating medical breakthroughs and treatments for debilitating diseases and disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, sickle cell anemia and Parkinson's. Indeed, scientists laud stem-cell treatments as the "miracle cure" of the 21st century. Unlike so many areas of biotechnology, adult stem cells do not spark a...

One day, perhaps in the distant future, stem cells may help repair diseased tissues. But there is a far more pressing reason to study them: stem cells are the source of at least some, and perhaps all, cancers. At the heart of every tumor, some researchers believe, lie a handful of aberrant stem cells that maintain the malignant tissue.  The idea, if right, could explain why tumors often regenerate even after being almost destroyed by anticancer drugs. It also points to a different strategy for developing anticancer drugs, suggesting they should be selected for lethality to cancer stem cells and...

NEW YORK, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists have uncovered new information about what orchestrates the complex balance between blood stem cells and mature blood cells, a relationship that is often disrupted in leukemia. The results, published in the March issue of Cancer Cell, will lead to a better understanding of the behavior of leukemic cells and may have vital clinical applications for patients recovering from chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or bone marrow transplantation. Recent studies have implicated reduced levels of a transcription factor called MEF with subtypes of leukemia. Drs. Stephen D. Nimer and Daniel Lacorazza from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer...

A couple of weeks ago Wake Forest University physicians described the first human recipients of a laboratory-grown organ. In the prestigious medical journal "The Lancet," Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, detailed a series of patients (children and teenagers) who received urinary bladders grown from their own cells. WHAAAAT? Did somebody say "laboratory organs?!" Yes. Perhaps like you, the first reaction of some who heard the news was, “why would anyone need a new bladder?” Well, many infants are born with congenital birth defects a very serous one is spina bifida (incomplete closure of the spine)....

  PATENT OFFENDING In October 1976, an Alaska pipeline engineer named John Moore became seriously, mysteriously ill. Eventually, he found himself at the UCLA Medical Center, where he was diagnosed with a rare, progressive form of blood cancer called hairy cell leukemia.To slow the disease and perhaps save his life, Moore's physician - Dr. David Golde - recommended removing Moore's spleen. The surgery was successful. Moore recovered and eventually returned to Alaska, with instructions to visit Golde for annual checkups.  Over the next eight years, Moore did so. During each visit, Golde would extract samples of Moore's blood, skin,...

A sperm donor in Michigan passed a rare and serious genetic disease to five children born to four couples, doctors are reporting today. The doctor who discovered the cases said that all four couples were clients of the same sperm bank. That bank, the doctor added, assured him that it had discarded its remaining samples from the man and had told him he could no longer be a donor. It is not known how many children the donor had fathered, whether he knew he carried the disease before he donated sperm, or whether the bank had informed him of his...

A woman who was pregnant when she was diagnosed with leukemia is alive thanks to a unique transplant of umbilical cord blood from two different donors. It was the first time such a procedure had been performed in Colorado. "There were some times where the odds were stacked against us," Sheila Gannon, a leukemia survivor said. Gannon gave birth to her son Sawyer 2 weeks early so she could start chemotherapy. There were infections and complications during that treatment. No bone marrow match was found. Centers that offer umbilical cord blood rejected Gannon at first because her leukemia wasn't in...

WASHINGTON - Cancer-causing benzene has been found in soft drinks at levels above the limit considered safe for drinking water, the Food and Drug Administration acknowledged Wednesday. Even so, the FDA still believes there are no safety concerns about benzene in soft drinks, or sodas, said Laura Tarantino, the agency's director of food additive safety. "We haven't changed our view that right now, there is not a safety concern, not a public health concern," she said. "But what we need to do is understand how benzene forms and to ensure the industry is doing everything to avoid those circumstances." The...

The drug trial victim whose head ballooned in size so much that his sobbing girlfriend said he resembled the Elephant Man said he couldn't resist the £2,000 fee for the tests. Mohammed Abdalla, 28, had planned to use his £2,000 fee for being a guinea pig to make his family in Egypt financially secure. He wanted to set up his brother Mahmood in business and look after his father, an imam, and desperately ill mother. Yesterday, as the London bar manager's dreams were disclosed, it emerged that scientists had warned about the damage the drug could do to human tissue...

Six men taking part in a clinical trial of a treatment for inflammatory conditions and leukaemia were critically ill last night after being rushed to an intensive care unit. The men, who were all healthy before the trial, were in the first stages of tests at an independent medical research unit on the Northwick Park Hospital campus, north-west London. All are understood to have suffered multiple organ failure and the lives of two were said to be in danger. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the UK medicines watchdog, suspended the trial and sent inspectors to investigate. The...

WASHINGTON, DC, December 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Saturday, the House of Representatives voted to pass HR 2520 - the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act - written by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ). The non-controversial legislation had earlier passed the House of Representatives in May by a vote of 431-1 and was slightly altered before passage by the Senate Friday night. The bill will now be signed into law by President Bush. Umbilical cords are a rich, non-controversial source of stem cells. Currently hospitals throw millions of them away each year because the infrastructure required to properly collect and store...

Last month I introduced you to Nikolette Harris, a twelve year old girl from my parish who is fighting leukemia for the third time. Here are some major updates: 1. GOOD NEWS: In the past two weeks, the football fans in Oregon have discovered Nikolette's case and have helped raise $25,000 for her treatment ("only" $100,000 to go). 2. GOOD NEWS: The football trend continues: from this story: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls05/news/story?id=2261066 we find that several bowl games are competing to raise funds for Nikolette. 3. GOOD NEWS (after bad): After having all of her bone marrow inactivated by chemotherapy to put her...

I just received a saddening telephone call from my best friend Rick. For those that remember a month or two ago, I posted a prayer request for Rick's brother-in-law Junior. With the help of his friends and family, and with prayers from people around the globe, Junior had been fighting the good fight against cancer and later on against leukemia as well. He was hospitalized on Thursday, and the family was called in, and earlier this morning, around 2:00 AM, December 3, 2005, Junior was called home to be with Christ. Rick called me just a few minutes ago to...

I want to take this opportunity to share with you all, a gread need for prayer and support. A twelve year old girl from my home parish, St. Nicholas Othodox Church here in Portland Oregon, Nikolette Harris has come down with leukemia for the third time. Nikolette was in remission until recently after having battled the disease since she was three. Now that the disease has returned the only option left is a bone marrow transplant. Fortunately, she has a potential donor (more than one, actually) and the process could begin in the next few weeks. The bad news is...

Adult Stem Cell Research Shows Good Long-Term Results, Study Saysby Steven ErteltLifeNews.com Editor September 19, 2005Seattle, WA (LifeNews.com) -- Clinical trials of treatments of patients using adult stem cells shows positive results, but doctors have not known whether patients will continue showing progress long-term. A new study of blood cancer patients who had stem cell transplants are nearly as healthy as their peers 10 years later.Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Research Cancer Center examined 137 patients a decade after their procedures.Reporting their results in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the researchers say they were "largely indistinguishable" from the general population.The finding...

News Update E.V. child dies before she can get a liver transplant By Hayley Ringle, Tribune September 16, 2005 Haley Knutsen Haley Knutsen smiled despite the constant pain. She banded together the East Valley, which raised more than $175,000 for the 9-year-old’s fight against leukemia. Related Links Today's Top Stories News There were "Hope for Haley" wristbands and magnet ribbons, penny drives, carwashes, bake sales, lemonade stands, concerts, a raffle with a donated BMW, and a poker tournament this past weekend. Hope ended at 12:55 a.m. Thursday. Haley died. But it wasn’t in vain. "She brought so many people together...

I'd like to ask for prayer for my brother-in-law (Dennis, age 36) who was just this week diagnosed with leukemia. This has come as quite a shock to all of us. He had been feeling tired lately (for 3 weeks or so) and went to the doctor on Tuesday, but none of us suspected this. He has five children - ages 12, 10, 8, 6 and 15 mos. He's married to my younger sister. The type of leukemia he has is called acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), a very aggressive form but it also responds very well to treatment. Please pray...

HOPE FOR HALEY Help Support Haley and her family. Haley is a nine year old little girl from Chandler Arizona. She is Battling leukemia. August 26, Day 112 Haley has had a rough day today. She was having problems breathing, so doctors had an x-ray taken and an ultrasound done. Haley had a collapsed right lung so they had to drain a liter of fluid off her lung. Doctors are still trying to find a liver transplant center that will take Haley. If anyone out there knows personally of a liver transplant doctor who would be willing to do a...

<p>GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) -- A 9-year-old cancer patient is being sent back home to Arizona without the new liver she needs to survive.</p> <p>Doctors at California Children's Hospital in San Diego might still perform the transplant surgery within the next three months, but they're waiting for more test results and they want to give Haley Knutsen more time to recover from her third bone marrow transplant which took place about three months ago.</p>

Gilbert News Concert to benefit girl needing liver By Daryl James, Tribune August 13, 2005 Professional entertainers from across the Valley will take the stage Monday in a benefit concert for Gilbert cancer survivor Haley Knutsen, 9, who now waits in San Diego for a lifesaving liver transplant. Related Links Chandler Gilbert Chandler music teacher Mary-Jo Okawa said lining up performers for the show has been easy. "You would not believe the number of e-mails I’m getting," said Okawa, who taught school with Haley’s mom and had Haley as a student for three years. "It’s so inspirational to be part...

<p>A study of rats links low doses of aspartame -- the sweetener in NutraSweet, Equal, and thousands of consumer products -- to leukemia and lymphoma.</p> <p>But food industry officials point out that many other studies have found no link between aspartame and cancer.</p>

Sweetener 'linked' to leukaemias Fresh doubts about the safety of an artificial sweetener have been raised by Italian scientists who have linked its use to leukaemias in rodents.Aspartame is 200 times sweeter than sugar and is used throughout the world in low-calorie drinks and foods. Regulators say existing studies show it is safe, but will look at the European Journal of Clinical Oncology study. But they said it was unlikely that the sweetener was harmful to humans to the same extent as in rats. If a risk to humans does exist, it will almost certainly be very small Dr...

...Former FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan made some progress moving the agency to speed up the drug approval process. But he was pulled away to run Medicare, and agency bureaucrats have since been working feverishly to turn back the clock. The latest evidence of backsliding was a recent vote of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) to recommend against approving Johnson & Johnson's leukemia drug Zarnestra.... This is a special shame because ODAC used to be a bastion of common sense, wherein clinicians who treat cancer patients would often buck FDA statisticians to approve new drugs. But ODAC is now chaired...

ROME - A court in Rome on Monday convicted a Vatican cardinal and the head of the city-state's radio station for electromagnetic pollution. "... A great victory for those people who have been suffering for years." They were given 10-day suspended sentences, which they have appealed. Cardinal Roberto Tucci. (AP File Photo) Cardinal Roberto Tucci, former head of Vatican Radio's management committee, and the Rev. Pasquale Borgomeo, the station's director general, were charged with "dangerous launching of objects," referring to the station's electromagnetic waves. Residents of the Rome suburb Cessano near the station complained they could hear Vatican Radio broadcasts...

I know a number of you would like to have an update on our Cure-A-Thon last Friday. We set a record. You people came through. I cannot thank you enough. We set an all-time record. Just as of the close of business on Sunday, the whole weekend, we raised a grand total of over a million dollars, a million sixty-two thousand dollars in three hours on Friday. If you add up the total time in those three hours that we were talking about our Cure-A-Thon, we maybe totaled an hour of the three. You folks are amazing out there, simply...

Please pray for Brian and Carolyn as Ethan will be entering Boston Children's Hospital Thursday to begin preparation for his bone marrow transplant.As anyone who has experienced BMT knows, sometimes the treatment seems worse than the disease .Please pray that God spares Ethan the terrible side effects of radiation and chemo and that He will comfort Carolyn and Brian as they watch their childgo through this.Ethan willhave new bone marrow for his first birthday!!!!

My wife and I are close to making an offer on a house in our neighborhood. Everything about it is perfect, with the one thing I am unsure about being its proximity to power lines. We currently live in the same neighborhood, but in the middle which is not nearly as close to them. This is a huge neighborhood with tons of homes directly underneath them, which makes me think this is me worrying over nothing, and this one would be near but not directly underneath.I am finding lots of conflicting info. Some sources say that there is "definitely" a...

Rush slams Democrats, receives cheers RADIO HOST MAKES FIRST SJ APPEARANCE By Brad Kava Mercury News Preaching optimism and slamming Democrats, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was greeted like a rock star by a packed San Jose Civic Auditorium audience Tuesday night. ``We are in the midst of a seminal historic shift in this country,'' Limbaugh, 54, told a crowd that paid $40 a ticket and welcomed him with a standing ovation. ``The Democrat party and the media have lost their monopoly. They don't rule the roost anymore.'' Other than one swear word and a slightly off-color story about...

What Is a Bone Marrow Transplant? Replaces unhealthy cells with healthy ones  Related Resources • Minority Marrow Matches Fewer • Articles and links on bone marrow transplants • Articles and links on leukemia    From Other Guides • Breast Cancer and Bone Marrow Transplants • Transplants in Children    Elsewhere on the Web • National Marrow Donor Program • American Bone Marrow Donor Registry   Mary Kugler, MSN, RN,BC Guide to Rare/Orphan DiseasesWhat is a bone marrow transplant? A bone marrow transplant is when special cells (called stem cells) that are normally found in the bone marrow are taken out, filtered, and given back either to...

Antioxidant-Rich Diet Helps Fight Leukemia   As if undergoing chemotherapy isn't trying enough, kids with the most common form of childhood leukemia receiving this treatment may also experience a significant reduction in their antioxidant and micronutrient levels. This decrease could lead to severe side effects from the chemotherapy.However, there may be a ray of hope amidst this dark cloud.According to a study, children could improve antioxidant and micronutrient levels and prevent some of the adverse side effects of chemotherapy by simply incorporating more fruits and vegetables into their diets.The study, prompted by parental concern regarding children's safety in taking...

On the day a priest came to her hospital bed and prayed over her withered body, Diana Abad would not have believed good fortune awaited. Or seemed to be, until one day her back started to ache and another day her legs swelled. She had her blood tested and learned her white-cell count was absurdly high. Leukemia, her doctor said. Without a bone-marrow transplant, she would be dead in nine months. David Mason would not have believed in 1990 that by checking a box on a Navy form he would set in motion the chain of events that led him...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer Mary Travers, 68, of Peter, Paul & Mary fame, is undergoing chemotherapy for a form of leukemia, but she is expected to be in full remission within a few months, her publicist said on Tuesday. "Mary looks forward to touring again with the trio soon, and is grateful for the well wishes that have come to her from all over the world," the statement said. No other details were released. The folk trio, which also includes Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey, is known for such hits as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Puff The...

Leukemia Pill designed to help patients not cured by a successful drug know as Gleevec works better than doctors had hoped. Rumors of the new drug's success have been leaking for months,because cancer experts are so excited by the results.

Wednesday December 1, 2:45 PM British fund-raiser nears end of coast-to-coast Australian trek on penny-farthing bicycle A former British soccer player pedaled through Sydney's early morning traffic Wednesday as he neared the end of a 4,350-kilometer (2,700-mile) coast-to-coast odyssey on a penny-farthing bicycle. Leukemia survivor Lloyd Scott cycled from the west coast city of Perth to Sydney in 50 days, braving soaring temperatures, bumpy roads and even exploding truck tires. He was due to complete his trip Thursday by taking his bike _ with its giant front wheel and tiny back wheel _ for a sightseeing tour of some of...

Adult Stem Cell Research Could Save Thousands With Leukemia Cleveland, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Adult stem cell research could save the lives of thousands of adults who are suffering from leukemia, according to new studies involving umbilical cord blood. A European study found that adult patients who received cord blood were as likely to be leukemia-free two years later as those who received bone marrow. In addition, a U.S. study, also published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found similar results. The studies raise new questions about the wisdom of embryonic stem cell research, which has had little success. Many...

Cord Blood Transplant OK for Adult LeukemiaStudies: Cord Blood Transplants Realistic Option for Adult Leukemia Treatment By Jennifer Warner WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD on Wednesday, November 24, 2004 Nov. 24, 2004 -- Umbilical cord blood transplants may be a viable treatment option for adults with leukemia when a matching bone marrow donor isn't available, according to two major new studies. Umbilical cord blood transplants are already successful in treating children with leukemia, but until now the safety and effectiveness of the treatment in adults with leukemia has not been examined. A common treatment for adult leukemia...

CHINA VIEW VIEW CHINA Tuesday,Nov.2,2004 First official medical report rules out leukemia for Arafat www.chinaview.cn 2004-11-03 00:58:23 PARIS, Nov. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat can walk, eat and talk with others, his entourage affirmed Tuesday here, while the first medical report ruled out his possible leukemia. "The first tests ... have allowed us to eliminate the leukemia hypothesis," Palestinian representative in France Leila Shahid told journalists Tuesday. According to the report, Arafat had a high level of white corpuscles in his blood and a low level of platelets and some "certain anomalies notably in his digestive functions." But...

Honorary Command Sgt. Maj. Philip Shriver renders his best salute. The 7-year-old was Soldier on Fort Riley for a day as a result of having his wish granted by Fort Riley and the Make a Wish Foundation of Kansas. Gary Skidmore Fort Riley grants ill youth wish to be Soldier By Gary Skidmore September 27, 2004 FORT RILEY, Kan. (Army News Service, Sept. 27, 2004) -- Seven-year-old Phillip Shriver has a new guardian angel -- a little bear angel with red, white and blue wings, wearing a helmet. Shriver who has a life threatening illness, leukemia, received the memento during...