July 27, 2022
Umbilical cord blood donation saved 1-year-old boy’s life
Many people don’t realize that extracting and donating the nutrient-rich blood from the umbilical cord can save someone else’s life, as it did for 1-year-old Cole Baranowski.
Tag: Bone Marrow Transplant Clinical Program
January 21, 2021
Study: People who had a blood or marrow transplant have higher risk dying from COVID-19
Marcie Riches, MD, is co-author of a paper in Lancet Haematology that found COVID-19 disease may be more harmful to people who have received a blood or marrow transplant.
January 8, 2021
Donors credit doctors for life-saving cancer care
Doug Wilson was treated for a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma called mantle cell lymphoma. To give back to the doctors who treated his cancer, he created a fund to support their work in bone marrow transplants and the continued exploration of treatment options for mantle cell lymphoma.
December 9, 2020
WTVD: Raleigh 7-year-old with sickle cell anemia to receive bone marrow transplant from older brother this Christmas
August 25, 2020
Safety measures for the bone marrow transplant clinic at the N.C. Cancer Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic
We have implemented changes at the N.C. Cancer Hospital that allow us to continue to safely provide bone marrow transplants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 26, 2015
A beloved doctor inspires a continuum of compassion
The latest installment in the Family House Diaries video series features Dr. Tom Shea, the Director and Founder of UNC's Bone Marrow Transplant Program, and Joe and Veatrice Harris of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.