Stem Cells

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Some Black Patients Wait For Days To Get Crucial Blood Transfusions

Farah Yousry

There is a shortage in African American blood and stem cell donors. This leaves many African American patients with blood cancers and sickle cell disease scrambling to find matches. The need is huge, but the barriers also run deep.
Access to Care

American ‘Stem Cell Tourists’ Don’t Have To Travel Abroad, Study Says

The phenomenon of stem cell tourism has been associated with travel to exotic locations such as China, Argentina or Mexico, where commercial clinics with…
Community Rx (old)

Umbilical Cord Blood, 'Huge Opportunities For Patients'

According to the National Institutes of Health, 150 trials are currently underway testing therapies using stem cells from umbilical cord blood. “These are…

Sick Season 2

Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.

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