Leukemia and lymphoma are just a couple of the life-threatening diseases marrow transplants can cure. But only one in three patients is able to find a donor in their family. The rest must rely on an unrelated donor... and only half of those will find a perfect match. Now, as Robyn Haines reports in Healthy Living, a new alternative could change everything.
When Izzy was diagnosed with AML, a type of leukemia, doctors gave him six weeks to live. His only hope for a cure was a marrow transplant. But, like 70-percent of others needing a one, Izzy couldn't find a matching donor in his family. He turned to the national bone marrow registry. But out of 11-and-a-half million people...there wasn't a single match. It's something doctor Ephraim Fuchs of Johns Hopkins University wants to change.
And results from a recent national trial show by giving a patient chemotherapy three days after the transplant, patients can use a donor who is half matched-- meaning the marrow is half-identical to the patient's tissue type.
Half-match marrow transplants are now being done at large medical centers all across the country. Plans are underway for a four-year randomized trial for the transplants in early 2012. If you'd like to become a bone marrow donor, log onto www.bethematch.org.
Saturday, May 19 2012 11:35 PM EDT2012-05-20 03:35:56 GMT
The D.N.R. reports that a wildfire on a munitions range at Camp Grayling is contained. It was reported around six p.m Saturday night, and covered about 80 acres before it was over. Some 35 firefighters
The D.N.R. reports that a wildfire on a munitions range at Camp Grayling is contained. It was reported around six p.m Saturday night, and covered about 80 acres before it was over. Some 35 firefighters
Friday, May 18 2012 10:54 PM EDT2012-05-19 02:54:18 GMT
A statewide scam with victims right here in northern Michigan. The attorney general says a Holly woman ran a foreclosure-rescue scam. They believe she stole $250,000 from at least 60 victims. Rebecca
A statewide scam with victims right here in northern Michigan. The attorney general says a Holly woman ran a foreclosure-rescue scam. They believe she stole $250,000 from at least 60 victims. Rebecca
Sunday, May 20 2012 6:31 PM EDT2012-05-20 22:31:01 GMT
The 40th Annual Blessing of the Bikes brought people from all over the country to Baldwin in Lake County. Bikers started lining the streets Friday and today was the culmination of the festivities with
The 40th Annual Blessing of the Bikes brought people from all over the country to Baldwin in Lake County. Bikers started lining the streets Friday and today was the culmination of the festivities with
Friday, May 18 2012 8:03 PM EDT2012-05-19 00:03:38 GMT
They issued a warrant for her arrest last spring, and since then she has been on the run. A former coworker says Kerrie Ann Gottschall stole the money when they worked at Pioneer/Cadillac Broach in Leroy
They issued a warrant for her arrest last spring, and since then she has been on the run. A former coworker says Kerrie Ann Gottschall stole the money when they worked at Pioneer/Cadillac Broach in Leroy
Authorities in western Michigan say a car with six teenagers aboard went out of control and crashed on an interstate highway exit ramp, killing two of them and seriously injuring two others.
Authorities in western Michigan say a car with six teenagers aboard went out of control and crashed on an interstate highway exit ramp, killing two of them and seriously injuring two others.
Friday, May 18 2012 1:37 PM EDT2012-05-18 17:37:38 GMT
The Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a sighting of a cougar in Baraga Count in the Upper Peninsula. A picture was taken of the cougar on May 5th, then the DNR Wildlife Division staff visited
The Department of Natural Resources has confirmed a sighting of a cougar in Baraga Count in the Upper Peninsula. A picture was taken of the cougar on May 5th, then the DNR Wildlife Division staff visited
Saturday, May 19 2012 6:26 PM EDT2012-05-19 22:26:28 GMT
Some of our Northern Michigan Veterans took the open waters of Lake Michigan today to try their hand at fishing. The 3rd Annual Tight Lines for Troops Fishing Tournament brought out veterans and hundreds
Some of our Northern Michigan Veterans took the open waters of Lake Michigan today to try their hand at fishing. The 3rd Annual Tight Lines for Troops Fishing Tournament brought out veterans and hundreds
Friday, May 18 2012 8:02 PM EDT2012-05-19 00:02:49 GMT
Dan Griffith owns Shooters Indoor Gun and Archery Range, the shop has a full security system to keep these weapons safe, but that didn't stop a thief from smashing this door to get his hands on six of
Dan Griffith owns Shooters Indoor Gun and Archery Range, the shop has a full security system to keep these weapons safe.
Friday, May 18 2012 7:11 PM EDT2012-05-18 23:11:17 GMT
Cadillac Police arrested 2 people in connection with a robbery. It happened shortly afternoon today. A woman was riding her bicycle on East North Street near Mitchell Street. A man and a woman got out
Cadillac Police arrested 2 people in connection with a robbery. It happened shortly afternoon today. A woman was riding her bicycle on East North Street near Mitchell Street. A man and a woman got out
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