Delhi govt assures free blood transfusion to thalassemic child

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 21:04

The city government on Thursday assured the Delhi High Court that it will provide free blood transfusion to an eight-year-old child suffering from Thalassemia.

Doctors extract stem cells to grow bones

Last Updated: Saturday, June 30, 2012, 20:35

Three doctors have claimed to have evolved a teeth implantation procedure which could prove a boon mainly for senior citizens.

`Stem cells stay alive for 17 days in dead bodies`

Last Updated: Saturday, June 16, 2012, 10:46

Scientists have revealed that some stem cells can lay dormant for more than two weeks in a dead person and then be revived to divide into new, functioning cells.

Rihanna, 50 Cent seek bone marrow for kid

Last Updated: Monday, June 6, 2011, 08:43

Singers Rihanna and 50 Cent have teamed up to help a struggling couple save their ailing baby daughter.

Kanpur boy Anuj returns home after successful bone marrow operation

Last Updated: Friday, April 29, 2011, 16:20

14-year-old Anuj Behl, a patient of aplastic anemia returned home after a successful bone marrow transplantation operation was done on him at the CMC Hospital in Vellore.

Salman`s Being Human to help create bone marrow registry

Last Updated: Monday, March 7, 2011, 09:14

Salman Khan`s charitable organisation Being Human has teamed up with Marrow Donor Registry India (MDRI) to create a world-class registry of marrow donors in India. However, for the registry to be functional, more than one lakh donors need to be registered. People from the age group of 18-50 years are eligible for donor recruitment.

Omani girl undergoes bone marrow transplant in Bangalore

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 10:13

A three-year-old girl in Oman, who was diagnosed with leukaemia six months back, has got a new lease of life after doctors in Bangalore successfully performed a bone marrow transplant on her.

Salman donates his bone marrow to save a little girl’s life

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 13:20

Salman is one brave-heart hunk, for the actor has become the first bone marrow donor in the country. Known for his generosity, the often misunderstood Khan has once again kept up his promise by donating his bone marrow for a little girl Pooja, who was in need of a bone marrow transplant. The act just comes days after the actor had pledged to Marrow Donor Registry, India, to donate his bone marrow if a need may arise.

Salman Khan pledges bone marrow to help patients

Last Updated: Friday, November 12, 2010, 15:35

Salman has pledged his bone marrow to help people suffering from life-threatening diseases.

Delhi radiation patient may undergo bone marrow transplant

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 17:38

Radiation patient Deepak Jain is likely to undergo a bone marrow transplant at the Army Hospital Research and Referral following no improvement in his condition, doctors said on Tuesday.

Radiation victims critical, bone marrow damaged

Last Updated: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 16:01

The condition of five people who were exposed to radioactive material Cobalt 60 at a scrap market here is very critical and their bone marrow is significantly damaged, their doctors said Saturday.