Bone Marrow
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Doctors use deactivated HIV virus to 'cure' rare 'bubble boy' disease
Doctors at St. Jude accepted an award from the Smithsonian this week for finding a potential cure for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), or "bubble boy" disease.
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High school principal dies after donating potentially life-saving bone marrow to teen he never met
When Nelson agreed to donate stem cells for a teenager in France, he told student reporters at his high school, "If it’s just a little bit of pain for a little bit of time that can give someone years of joy, it’s all worth it."
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Why this 'Real Housewives of Dallas' star donated her bone marrow to a total stranger
Stephanie Hollman chatted with "The Morning Breath" about becoming a bone marrow donor — and how she would do it again.
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Exactly What It’s Like to Donate Bone Marrow — and Why More African-American Donors Are Needed, Stat
Abby West first decided to become a bone-marrow donor when she was a young journalist covering a bone-marrow drive. “The newspaper I had joined had a reporter who had passed away of sickle cell anemia, and I had become aware of the need for African-Americans to join the registry,” West, a senior editor at Yahoo Celebrity, tells Yahoo Beauty about her decision to sign up with Be The Match. “I was covering a bone-marrow drive for African-Americans, and it seemed like the right thing to do.” West