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Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Language
English
Description
A bone marrow transplant is a medical procedure that can be used to cure diseases once thought incurable - especially certain cancers of the blood. Since its first successful use in the late 1960s, thousands of people have undergone bone marrow transplantation. But as successful as this procedure can be, it has significant side effects and the recovery process can be difficult. This program takes an in-depth look at how the procedure works to treat...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2010
Language
English
Description
This 2010 Falling Walls video lecture features Eckhard Thiel, who made headlines around the world in 2009 when he and his colleagues announced they had cured a 42-year-old American who suffered from AIDS. The first to have completely cured an HIV patient, Thiel's work is now a source of hope and inspiration for HIV-infected populations. While gene therapy strategies were seen as being on the periphery of contemporary AIDS research, Thiel's success...
Series
Great Ormond Street volume Series 3
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Great Ormond Street Hospital is the last chance for children in the UK whose lungs are failing because of cystic fibrosis and other conditions. In a few very severe cases each year, their only hope of survival is to undergo a double lung transplant. This program follows the perilous but potentially life-changing process of giving a child new lungs. Charlie is 9-years-old and has cystic fibrosis. For most of his life he has managed to cope, but in...
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