Tag Archive | patient stories
VIDEO: Celebrating the Miracles
Two months ago, ScienceLife wrote about a very special scientific conference, focused less on data and graphs than on the real human effects when a scientific breakthrough is successfully translated to the clinic. Called Celebrating the Miracles, the conference brought together families with diabetic children whose lives had been changed by the discovery that their […]
Transitioning from Mutation to Miracle
Diseases are rarely turned off like a light switch. As satisfying as it is to explain a biological mechanism at the genetic or cellular level, extrapolating those discoveries to a human level requires the mind to make difficult leaps of scale. What’s more, even when a basic science finding is effectively translated into clinical treatment, […]
Cancer Survivors Day 2010
With all the talk of tomorrow’s better cancer treatments, it’s important occasionally to remember that millions of people have been treated with successfully with today’s – and yesterday’s – medicine. For someone newly diagnosed with cancer, it’s inspiring to hear the stories of those who have fought the disease and survived, a helpful dose of […]
Celebrating a New Start from Stem Cells
It’s easy to grasp the medical miracle of the organ transplant, where a kidney or heart is passed from one person to another to restore the life of the recipient. Stem cell transplants are a little more abstract in concept, with the life-saving exchange happening via blood donation and infusion rather than the drama of […]
