Stanford Childrens

APRIL 5, 2023

Soon after Alex’s diagnosis, Gregory and his wife got worse news: Neither of them was a match to donate to their son. When we talk about ‘Do you have a donor?’ Team Alex” for a better future After deciding to donate, Zwakman hit the ground running, going through the process of education and appointments to become a living donor.

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Stanford Childrens

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Susana was her stem cell donor, thanks to an innovative approach at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health that allows a relative, such as a parent, to be a donor even when they’re not a full match. “We’ve been super-close since she was in my belly. Emily recently underwent a stem cell transplant for her high-risk leukemia.

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Stanford Childrens

AUGUST 3, 2022

Felix is special in that he is the first infant to receive a live-donor liver transplant with an organ that was removed laparoscopically from an adult donor. The advantage of the laparoscopic procedure is that donors spend less time in the hospital, recover more quickly with less pain, and avoid the scarring of a major open surgery.

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FACTS Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Our top tip for engaging donors and running a successful campaign? Donors don’t want to hear from you just when you want money. Allow your donors to be the hero. Donors want to know where they fit into your school’s story. Don’t just focus on the biggest donors; make sure everyone knows how appreciated they are.

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Stanford Childrens

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

She suspected there were several reasons why the chemotherapy was no match for Mateo’s cancer: a genetic mutation in his cancer cells and the fact that teenage patients often have more resistant forms of cancer. Using a process called alpha/beta T-cell depletion, they removed cells from the donor graft that might attack Mateo’s body.

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Stanford Childrens

OCTOBER 4, 2022

That’s because the immune system is still programmed by the FSGS, and it aggressively attacks the donor kidney and destroys it, usually within a few weeks. The stem cells create a new immune system, and the kidney from the same donor is accepted and flourishes. I had the energy to play two tennis matches the other day,” Traejen says.

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Stanford Childrens

JANUARY 2, 2023

24, 2016, four months after being placed on the list, Megan received a call that there was a match. Honoring her donor. She founded multiple clubs, including the very first high school chapter of Student Organ Donation Advocates (SODA), and organized organ donor registration drives through Donor Network West.

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JULY 6, 2022

Blood transfusions can also be used to prevent SCD related complications such as strokes, but this increases the risk of an immune response to the donors’ blood which may make the patient more susceptible to diseases. While HSCT requires a donor, gene therapy allows each patient to be their own donor. ,

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