Archive for August, 2008
Stem cell blood supply breakthrough and other stem cell breakthroughs
03 years ago
by Christy
in Uncategorized
Stem cell blood supply breakthrough and other stem cell breakthroughs
Human blood have been grown from embryonic stem cells for the first time during research that promises to provide an almost limitless supply suitable for transfusion into any patient. This could lead to trials of the blood within two years, and ultimately to an alternative to donations that would transform medicine.
If such blood was made from stem cells of the O negative blood type, which is compatible with every blood group but is often in short supply, it could be given safely to anybody who needs a transfusion. Stem-cell-derived blood would also eliminate the risk of transmitting the pathogens that cause hepatitis, HIV and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) through transfusions.
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
23 years ago
by Christy
in Blood Cancer Facts
Did you know?
The Facts of Childhood Cancer
- Cancer remains the number one disease that claims the lives of our children. Each year cancer kills more children under the age of 20 than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and AIDS combined.
- Each year in the U.S., approximately 12,500 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer. That’s the equivalent of two average size classrooms diagnosed each school day.
- Today, nearly 80 percent of children diagnosed with cancer become long-term survivors and the majority of them are considered cured. In the early 1950s, less than 10 percent of childhood cancer patients could be cured.
- Leukemias, tumors of the brain and nervous system, the lymphatic system, kidneys, bones and muscles are the most common childhood cancers.
- In the U.S., cancer remains responsible for more deaths from one year through adolescence than any other disease; more deaths than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and AIDS combined.
- Combined, the cancers of children, adolescents and young adults to age 20 are the sixth most common cancer in the U.S.
- Breakthroughs in pediatric oncology will undoubtedly continue to progress the diagnosis and treatment of adult cancers. Many of the principles in therapy used today in treating adults were first developed and tested for children.
With the kick of off so many Light the night walks this month, what better way to pay tribute to Childhood Cancer than to join your local team and start raising money. Together we can find a cure!
Also in honor of Childhood cancer awareness month Chili’s will be offering a couple of ways you can contribute. You can go any day and donate any amount and they will give you a chili pepper coloring sheet that you or your kids can design and color. Also, on the 29th, they will be donating all the proceeds from that day to St. Jude’s. So enjoy a night out, eating great food while supporting a great cause. the Chili’s
Our Blogging for Blood Cancer Lucky Winners
03 years ago
by Lois
in Announcements/News
Congratulations to the winners for this week’s contests (winners will be contacted shortly to claim their prizes):
Monday
$25 Starbucks Gift Card
#70 Belinda A.
Tuesday
$30 gift certificate to The Blue Top Hat plus a cookie card and cookies from the Greeting Cookie
Commenter #2 – Carrie from PA
Wednesday
Beautiful Handmade Soap set from 5-year-old Tasha and 5 pairs of assorted sterling silver earrings (valued at $25) from Designing-Diva
Commenter #42 – “cslmwt”
Thursday’s winner
$50 gift certificate to Susan Murphy, Inc.
commenter # 25 – Nikki
Friday’s winner
5 sets of vinyl wall decals (value=$48.00) courtesy of Stakersensations
commenter #9 Denise
Saturday’s winner
Princess purse and ribbon tutu from Pretty Posh Princess
Commenter #10 Tracey Byram
Sunday’s winner
Fused glass pendant from Lucky Girl Trading Company & Tess shopping bag (value=$20.00) courtesy of Mimsi Bags.
Commenter ##30 Kelly
Monday’s winner
It’s a Glam Thing beauty gift basket (value=$175) courtesy of It’s a Glam Thing.
Commenter #1 Melanie Guin
http://www.charitynetusa.com | melanie@bizcentralusa.com | 67.152.76.163
Grand Prize Winner
Samsonite Product Assortment
Commenter #181 of 428 comments
Sandy
Thank you again all those who have visted our site this week and especially to our sponsors who helped make it so successful. We thank everyone involved in raising awareness for this important cause and we hope you continue after the event.
Blogging for Blood Cancer Sponsors
03 years ago
Our thanks to the many sponsors who supported our Blogging for Blood Cancer awareness event! Thank you for helping us to make a difference!
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Blogging for Blood Cancer a week of great posts and new friends
803 years ago
Welcome to the the eight and final day of Blogging For Blood Cancer. Today’s Prize is It’s a Glam Thing beauty gift basket (value=$175) courtesy of It’s a Glam Thing.
To qualify to win, leave a comment with an answer to the question after reading the post.
The week of Blogging for Blood Cancer has come to end, but that does not mean that we at FOH will stop blogging for blood cancer and we hope you will continue to come back and check for updates. Thank you to all who have participated and thank you to our very own Lois of Goodies for mom for all the hard work she put into this and all the great prizes. We would also like to thank The Blue Top Hat, The greeting cookie, Susan Murphay inc., Stakersensations,Pretty Posh Princess,Circle of Sentiments,Lucky Girl Trading Company,Mimsi Bags,Its a Glam thing, and Sampsonite for the donation of all the great prizes.
This has been a great week. We have had many great post. If you didn’t get a chance to read them you should check them out.
Monday:Welcome to the Blogging for Blood Cancer Event
Tuesday:Light The Night for Blood Cancers
Wednesday:Every Dollar Counts Toward a Cure!
Thursday:FOH and Their Affliates – Partners in Eradicating Pediatric Blood Cancer
Friday:Our Fifth Season as a Team
Saturday:Pediatric Cancer Research – Why Is It Important?
Sunday:A Beautiful Future of Life Lived; Not A Life Lost
For more information about joining your Local Friends Of Heroes Light the night team, please visit www.lightthenight.organd search by your zip code then click join a team and click friends of Heroes. If you already have a team and are interested in becoming and affiliate, please email Carole. Thank you for making our first Blogging For Blood Caner such a great event.
For a chance to win, leave a comment with your favorite post for the week and why it was your favorite.by MIDNIGHT PST today.
You’ll also be entered for our grand prize to be drawn Monday for a $900 Timberland and Lacoste product assortment, courtesy of Samsonite. (Comments are moderated.)
A Beautiful Future of Life Lived; Not A Life Lost
563 years ago
Welcome to Day 7 of the Blogging for Blood Cancer event! Today’s prize is a Fused glass pendant from Lucky Girl Trading Company & Tess shopping bag (value=$20.00) courtesy of Mimsi Bags. Yesterday’s winner was Commenter #10 Tracey Byram who knew Donnall Thomas, M.D. was the first scientist to successfully perform a bone marrow transplant between two humans.
By Sean Haines
Where do I begin?…This past July marked exactly three and a half years since I lost my 8 year old son, Matthew, to cancer…He will forever be 8 years old in my mind, but his younger brother, Chris, likes to think of his older brother forever being his ‘older’ brother and celebrates Matthew’s birthday each year by putting one additional candle on Matt’s birthday cake…I guess it’s easier for him to handle the loss this way….He needs to feel he will have his older brother, the one who taught him so much while here on Earth, waiting to help guide and protect him once more when he rejoins him in Heaven.
The twins, who we found out we were having seven months after Matthew’s passing (just as Matthew told us we would), have truly helped to bring joy and happiness back into our lives once more…With the devastating loss of our eldest son, we lived our lives ‘on hold’ until this rambunctious, laughing and full of mischief duo blessed us with their zest for life…their passion for living…their wonderment at it all…They enabled us the ability to smile again…to be able to see the goodness in God’s creation once more…to be able to be blessedly patient until being reunited with our little man…They helped show us we need to do what we can to make a difference in this world…for them….for their older brother; Chris…and for all the precious children currently suffering from this horrible disease.
This is why I established the Matthew David Haines Foundation and why I work hand in hand with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Together, we make a huge, positive impact in the betterment of these children’s lives…in their lives as well as their entire families’. The dedication shown by the LLS staff and the research, education and patient services they provide has helped countless needy families such as my own and have brought a cure to blood cancers much closer to a reality than merely a desperate dream prayed for by every suffering patient and their devoted families.
The support I have received by the LLS and the staff members, who are more like extended family members, have helped me to see there is hope for the future…And with everyone’s continued dedication to the same goal of eradicating blood cancers…that beautiful future of a life lived and not a life lost becomes closer and brighter each and every day…God Bless everyone who is helping to ‘fight the good fight’….I appreciate and love you all…
Take care and God Bless,
Sean Haines
www.matthewhaines.info
For a chance to win just leave a comment, to Sean by MIDNIGHT PST Monday, August 18, 2008.
You’ll also be entered for our grand prize to be drawn Monday for a $900 Timberland and Lacoste product assortment, courtesy of Samsonite. (Comments are moderated.) Make sure to stop back for more information and even more chances to win!
