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This is what I wrote 1095 days ago: We’re on day -7. Andy will receive Sofia’s cells in 7 days. Andy’s weight today was 17.3 kg. He’s still constipated and will get some Miralax today. His hematocrit this morning was 24, the minimum allowed before a transfusion is 25,

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 Three years ago.   Chemo (Busulfan) starts today @ 6:00 AM, three times a day for 4 days. Then one day of rest and 4 more days of chemo. Andy is as strong as ever. He likes his new room. Before going to sleep today he cleaned his toys

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    Christina smiles thanks to her little brother Stefanie Balogh October 02, 2007 12:00am HER smile says it all. Nine-year-old Christina Curkowskyj wakes up and embraces every day, along the way teaching her family to do exactly the same Christina, who has the rare and deadly genetic disease

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This is what happens with Spanish at home and English elsewere. This is a small sample of Andy and Sofia’s spanglish: No es feria = It’s not fair Farma = Granja = Farm Sanguien = someone Juega la pelicula= Play the movie Climbeando = subiendo = escalando    

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This is the new look of my blog! Includes some new cool options that I’m learning about.. And I’ve decided to bring back some entries that were “embargoed” during negotiations with one book publishing agent.     Andres  

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The cover of this months Journal of Clinical Investigation is devoted to NEMO (a.k.a. NFkB). It says, The transcription factor NF-κB is found in all cell types and is involved in cellular responses to stimuli as varied as stress, cancer, and viral infection. In the current issue, four papers

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Lack of Human Eggs Could Hamper US Cloning Efforts Researchers want to make patient-matched stem cells, but success could depend on gaining a reliable source of human eggs. …Unlike other embryonic stem cell research, these experiments require unfertilized human eggs. The egg donation procedure is uncomfortable, potentially painful, and

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LMM Live Immune, originally uploaded by LIVEIMMUNE andy.org.mx.

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Anais Rafting Lives Immune, originally uploaded by LIVEIMMUNE andy.org.mx. Picture number 96. 104 to go for the iPod. More @ www.andy.org.mx/liveimmune

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This is an important entry to my blog. This is the real thing. Simon needs your help. The PayPal button below helps Simon. Funds go directly to help Simon’s parents pay for his medical care. Simon is almost six months old, he’s from Chicago, he’s at Childrens Memorial Hospital,

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