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Wednesday Jul 8 | MediLexicon

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation, July 6, 2009

HEPATOLOGY: Immune cells linked to severe infant liver disease Very little is known about the cause of biliary atresia, a progressive liver disease in newborns.

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Related Topix: Health, Immunology, Biology, Science

Wednesday Jul 8 | This Is Staffordshire

New hope for Lara is the best first birthday gift

Her family thought they'd never get to celebrate Lara Barr's first birthday after she was born with a life threatening liver disease.

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Related Topix: Health

Wed Jun 24, 2009

The Star Online

Eight-month old's only hope lies in a liver transplant

OLD Loke Kai Xin is in need of a liver transplant. Kai Xin, born on Oct 22 last year, was diagnosed with biliary atresia after developing jaundice when she was only three months old, and her parents have been advised that she should undergo liver transplant surgery at the National University Hospital, Singapore .

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Related Topix: Health

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Morris Tribune

Tanners move west as Erin awaits transplant

Erin Tanner and her family are now in California in the hopes of soon receiving a liver transplant.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, CA, Orange County Metro, UC Los Angeles, UC Irvine, Health

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Scotsman.com News

Six-year-old transplant girl dies

A GIRL who defied overwhelming odds to battle back after two liver transplant operations has died only weeks after celebrating her sixth birthday.

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Related Topix: Health, World News, United Kingdom, Grampian County, Scotland

Sat Jun 13, 2009

WBBH-TV

Fundraiser held for infant with rare disorder

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: On Saturday a luncheon fundraiser was held at Punta Gorda's Benedetto's Steakhouse for an infant who needs a new liver.

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Related Topix: Charlotte County, FL, Punta Gorda, FL, Health

Wed Jun 10, 2009

Sunday Sun

Boy celebrates birthday it was feared hea d never see

BRAVE Matthew Cavagin has reached a fifth birthday it was feared he'd never see.

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Related Topix: Health

Sun Jun 07, 2009

The Indian Express

Youngest to get liver transplant passes away

Monday , Jun 08, 2009 at 0205 hrs IST Pune: Rohit Pillai, the country's youngest patient to get a liver transplant at Narayana Hrudayalay in Bangalore on October 25, 2005, died of cancer at KEM hospital on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Health, Lymphoma

Thu Jun 04, 2009

Flathead Beacon

Benefit Covers Infant's Medical Costs

Here's a fun weekend event for an incredible cause. Family friends are organizing a benefit dinner and auction on Saturday, June 6 to help an Eureka family with the numerous ongoing medical expenses associated with their young daughter's care.

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Related Topix: Eureka, MT, Kalispell, MT, Health

Sat May 30, 2009

Melton Today

Belinda's team take up charity challenge

FRIDAY 6PM: A mother from Melton, who lost her daughter to a rare liver disease, will be among those taking part in the Samworth Brothers Charity Challenge next weekend.

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Related Topix: Health

Thu May 21, 2009

Staten Island Advance

Fighting chance

Matthew Rosiello was born a "perfect" baby boy. Despite being a difficult pregnancy, his birth in July 1989 went smoothly.

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Related Topix: Health, Huguenot, NY, Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY

Tue May 19, 2009

Staten Island Advance

5-18 News Photos

Because Matthew Rosielloa TMs spleen is enlarged a ' a complication of biliary atresia a ' and is prone to rupture, the Huguenot teen couldna TMt participate in contact sports growing up.

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Related Topix: Health, Huguenot, NY, Staten-Island, NY, New York, NY

Sun May 17, 2009

English Dong-A

Charity Campaigns Go Online

Yoo Ji-nyeon, an insurance planner for Prudential Life Insurance, posted an online petition on Daum, Korea's top Internet community portal site, asking for help to take care of a 33-month-old baby suffering from a congenital biliary atresia.

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Related Topix: Health

Fri May 15, 2009

Morris Tribune

Erin's anxious wait

The Tanner family outside their rural Morris home. In front are Erin and Ethan, and in back are Robert, Amber and Emma.

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Related Topix: Morris, MN, Health

Thu May 14, 2009

People Sentinel

Full circle

The tragedy of a young girl and the community that pulled together to help her have come full circle as a dream becomes concrete.

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Related Topix: Blackville, SC, Health

Tue May 12, 2009

Morris Tribune

Coming up Saturday: Erin Tanner's fight for life

For all her nine years, Erin Tanner has battled biliary atresia, a serious but rare disease of the liver that affects one in 10,000 children.

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Related Topix: Health

Mon May 11, 2009

WINK-TV Fort Myers

Mom wants a liver for her daughter for Mother's Day

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - Instead of asking for flowers or jewelry for Mother's Day this year, one mother just wants her baby to live.

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Related Topix: Health

Sat May 09, 2009

North Port Sun

Today's Top Story

On Sunday, Meikah Heaton will be 6 months old. That she'll reach this milestone on Mother's Day is a special blessing for her mom, 18-year-old Michaela Morse.

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Related Topix: Health, Pediatrics, Medicine, Port Charlotte, FL

Thu May 07, 2009

Morganton News Herald

Friends organize benefit for co-worker's baby after liver transplant

When Clee Metcalf, a prematurely born infant, was 3-months-old, doctors diagnosed him with biliary atresia, a rare condition in newborns where the bile duct between the liver and small intestine is blocked or missing.

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Related Topix: Health, Duke University, Morganton, NC, Hickory Metro, Valdese, NC

Thu Apr 30, 2009

Melton Today

Romy Fund helps Warren

THURSDAY 11AM: A two-year-old boy with a serious liver condition has become the first person to receive help from a fund set up by generous Melton Times readers.

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Related Topix: Health

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