A 4-year-old boy was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, where the likelihood of death is considered 'very high.' The pediatric oncologist treating the boy learned that his mother wa...
The use of cord blood stem cells to treat acute myelogenous leukemia extends beyond children. In 2003, a 52-year-old mother of two sons was diagnosed with the disease and underwent two rounds...
A 1-year-old Danish boy was diagnosed with Hurler’s syndrome, a life-threatening disease characterized by progressive deterioration of the central nervous syste...
A six-month-old boy was admitted to the emergency room with perforated lungs resulting from complications associated with respiratory syncytial virus and pneumo...
Doctors in St. Louis, Missouri, diagnosed a young girl with osteosarcoma, or bone cancer, in her leg weeks before her 9th birthday. As part of her treatment, she received fourteen months of e...