Toddler becomes a Hero - http://clapway.com/2015/07/05/toddler-becomes-a-hero754/

When the Innocent save the innocent

Just recently, tragic news broke that a three year old toddler died from brain cancer. The toddler was a little girl named Olivia Swedberg from Nebraska. The tragic death turned into an angelic story when the little girl helped to save two boy’s life by donating her organs.

The day the toddler becomes a hero

This was a moment of tragedy for the mother of the toddler, Lauressa Swedberg, who knew that with her daughter’s incurable tumor, the only thing left to figure out was their endgame. But, also happening in the background, the two boys’ mothers were posting news about their sons’ conditions on social media platforms, hoping for help of some kind to aid their children. That is when mother of the late three year old toddler helped her daughter be remembered forever as a savior.

This is the first step in organ donation; seeing the opportunity to help someone else in current circumstances. Because, as it is, thousands of people die waiting for an organ to come when it doesn’t. But on the flip side, thousands of people’s lives are saved when organs do come, which is why anyone can become an organ donor regardless of age.

Getting the facts straight

However, it is important to get the facts straight before becoming an organ donor. This is not only just for the organ receiver, but also for you and your family on both an emotional and psychological level. This is why the decision for Lauressa Swedberg, in which the toddler becomes a hero, was so monumentally touching.

The night of the organ transplant operation, the first of July, was when doctors came to a consensus that the organs would be suitable for the two boys despite their blood type difference. For one of the boys, the condition would have been terminal if he had not received his organ transplant.

The two boys, as mentioned before, are now recovering steadily with new functional organs, and with both mothers extremely thankful to Swedberg for her kindness. Swedberg then responded that this was her daughter’s chance to give back in life. The toddler becomes a hero and two little boys get to live full, rich lives.

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Toddler becomes a Hero

Spread of Brain Tumors Can Now Be Disrupted - http://clapway.com/2015/06/13/spread-of-brain-tumors-can-now-be-disrupted-876/

Cutting off supply of a certain protein can stop tumor growth.

Brain cancer is one of the most devastating known illnesses, with causes unknown and average five-year survival rates of 33% in the United States. Even when treated, often at great risk to the patient’s neural functions, brain tumors still often return. Now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine have found a way to slow or stop brain tumor growth by cutting off their supply of a certain protein, rendering them unable to nourish themselves and survive. They published their findings in Cell Reports, an open-access life sciences journal.

 

CDC20 protein is key to tumor growth.

Dr. Albert H. Kim, senior author of the research paper and assistant professor of neurological surgery at Washington University explains to us that the discovery of the protein “may help us attack the root of some of the deadliest brain tumors.” He focused mainly on glioblastoma, which is a type of brain cancer that typically leaves a patient with around 15 months left to live after diagnosis. The main option so far has usually been to surgically remove the brain tumors, but this is very risky because it can harm brain function irreparably. Kim studied these cancer cells, and found that they use a protein called SOX2. Another protein, CDC20, is needed to produce SOX2. Eliminating this other protein, CDC20, prevents the cell from expanding the tumor. According to Kim, the growth rate of some tumors deprived of CDC20 fell by 95% compared to those with normal CDC20 levels.

 

Patients with highest levels of CDC20 have least time to live.

Scientists also discovered that people with highest levels of the protein are the ones who die soonest after diagnosis. Combining this with Kim’s aforementioned discovery, his team quickly realized that the blocking of CDC20 could be instrumental in treating brain tumors. They are currently looking for a way to do so, possibly by RNA interference. There is widespread interest in this possible treatment method. Kim’s study received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation, the Concern Foundation, and the Duesenberg Research Fund.

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Spread of Brain Tumors Can Now Be Disrupted