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PASSINGS: Shannon Tavarez, Denise Borino-Quinn, Liang Congjie, Harry Mulisch
Shannon Tavarez
Young actress in 'Lion King'
Shannon Tavarez, an 11-year-old girl who starred on Broadway in "The Lion King" and whose battle with leukemia won the hearts of many, died Monday at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y. She...Tags: Science and Technology, Organized Crime, Government, Alicia Keys, Blood
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Mary Travers dies at 72; folk singer performed with the trio Peter, Paul and Mary
Mary Travers, the clarion-voiced female third of the quintessential folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary whose harmony-laden recordings of politically minded songs by Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger ushered them to the top of the sales charts in the 1960s, died...Tags: Cornell University, Mary Travers, Louisville, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger
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Passing cancer from mother to baby
Booster ShotsInfants can inherit a lot of things from their mothers ??? curly hair, high cheekbones, slender fingers. And, scientists now show, cancer. Doctors have long believed that it was possible for babies to contract cancer in utero. The medical literature...... -
Youth fishing program sponsors bone marrow drive for 4-year-old
Outposts*Updated to correct spelling of Maya Chamberlin's name. The 976-Tuna Youth Fishing Program is sponsoring a bone marrow drive hoping to find a match for 4-year-old Maya Chamberlin of Torrance. Maya was diagnosed Sept. 14 with hemophagocytic... -
4-year-old's bone marrow transplant status elevated to urgent
OutpostsOutposts has just learned that the bone marrow transplant status for 4-year-old Maya Chamberlin is now classified as urgent, according to her mother Mina. "It really is crunch time but this is not a game -- it's a precious life...... -
A proposal for improving cord blood transplants
Booster ShotsRoughly one in five hematopoietic stem cell transplants performed to treat blood disorders such as leukemia uses cord blood instead of the traditional bone marrow. Cord blood â harvested from umbilical cords shortly after birth â could be used more...... -
'Brothers & Sisters': Two marrow is another day
Show Tracker"Brothers & Sisters" returned from a monthlong hiatus with a bang of an episode that took me on a roller coaster of emotions. First, I was crestfallen. After collapsing at Justin and Rebecca's beach wedding, Kitty landed in the hospital...... -
Robert Guerrero, young L.A. fighter, stars at Tropicana in 8th-round TKO
The Fabulous ForumRobert "The Ghost" Guerrero returned Friday night from a nine-month boxing hiatus to help care for his leukemia-stricken wife and knocked down Roberto Arrieta three times, winning by eighth-round technical knockout at the Las Vegas Tropicana Hotel.... -
Fashion face time: Meet Trace Ayala Thursday and Nelly Friday
All The RageWilliam Rast co-founder and co-creative director Trace Ayala (sans childhood buddy Justin Timberlake) pops into the label's Century City flagship store Thursday night, and rapper Nelly is slated to appear at the Macy's in Culver City Friday on behalf of..... -
Dr. Jean Dausset dies at 92; scientist's discovery made tissue typing for transplants possible
Dr. Jean Dausset, the French Nobel laureate who discovered the human leukocyte antigen, or HLA, system on human tissue that made tissue typing for transplants possible, died June 6 in Mallorca, Spain. He was 92. The HLA antigens are molecules on the...Tags: Harvard Medical School, Science and Technology, France, Medical Research, University of Paris
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Rodent of the Week: Could patients with severe asthma benefit from bone marrow transplants?
Booster ShotsCases of severe, therapy-resistant asthma are on the rise worldwide, and new strategies are needed to treat the estimated 100,000 people who die of asthma every year. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues are exploring a.... -
Hugo Moser, 82; neurologist's portrayal in `Lorenzo's Oil' belied his real character
Times Staff WriterDr. Hugo Moser, the prominent neurologist who was vilified in the movie "Lorenzo's Oil" but who was known as a compassionate and energetic researcher by the parents of hundreds of children with the rare neurological disease known as adrenoleukodystrophy,...Tags: Columbia University, Movies, Multiple Sclerosis, Low Fat Diet, Symptoms
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