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Topic: Bone Marrow

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Smallpox vaccine

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Easily addicted

Currently has on their coffee table:

New Scientist

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Lungs, Skin, Hair

Interest(s):

Biology

Favorite computer game(s):

Minesweeper

Likes to wear:

Toupe

Favorite sportsperson(s):

Lou Gehrig (baseball)

Favorite drink(s):

Milk

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Has cancer, Undergoing therapy, Infected with HIV

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Cloning themselves

Worst habit(s):

Smoking Marijuana, Taking Ecstasy

Favorite quote(s):

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying." - Woody Allen (1935-)
"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
"God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time." - Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky affair

Expert Talk

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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker

Bone Marrow Transplantation has been performed jointly by specialists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital for 30 years, making it one of the nation's oldest transplant programs.

Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Bone marrow can be used for the purpose of giving a person healthy stem cells that grow into blood cells or peripheral blood can be used to give a person healthy stem cells.

Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

My bone marrow was free of cancer, so they did a bone marrow harvest from my own body and froze the marrow in liquid nitrogen for later transplantation.

Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

Bone marrow stem cells have been shown to have the capability of migrating to sites of blood vessel synthesis and maturing into blood vessel cells.

Billie Kirgan,
Machinist

Bone marrow transplantation : A procedure in which doctors replace diseased bone marrow with healthy bone marrow.

Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Bone marrow transplantation Now open, this space age centre will treat many forms of cancer and thrust Merseyside to the forefront of cancer treatment, providing expertise in the management of cancer and specialist diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.
This is particularly relevant for treatments such as bone marrow transplantation that can cure sickle cell disease but also carry the risk of significant morbidity and even mortality.
Transplantation strategies are now focused on grafting bone marrow cells that can be derived from patients and a variety of stem cells that can potentially replace damaged tissue.

Josh Hogan,
Commander

Bone marrow transplant patients generally receive the radiation equivalent of being within one mile of Ground Zero at Hiroshima.

David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

Bone marrow transplantation Is being linda remembered, beatles connection increasingly used after linda mccartney memorial web site patients with other forms of cancer colo rectal cancer have received radical chemotherapy treatments.
A bone marrow transplant requires the patient to be exposed to very high doses of chemotherapy to kill off their bone marrow before healthy bone marrow cells are replaced.
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION Bone marrow transplantation is a highly specialized procedure which can be used to treat some immune deficiency diseases.

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