Transplant

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February 1, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - As America's first female African-American transplant surgeon, Velma Scantlebury wants to see more people of color in…
November 8, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Due to the vast genetic variability among the African-American population, finding an exact match is difficult, requiring…
November 3, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The Broadway theater where "The Lion King" is playing dimmed its lights Tuesday night in honor…
November 2, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Stars including Alicia Keys, Rihanna and 50 Cent had campaigned to help Shannon Tavarez find a…
August 18, 2010
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) - A family friend says Shannon will remain in the hospital under observation while physicians…
August 13, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Shannon Tavarez has leukemia and will get an umbilical-cord blood transplant Tuesday...
April 27, 2010
OPINION - While African Americans comprise 13 percent of the U.S. population, we make up 35 percent of the individuals…
January 13, 2010
VIDEO - Seun Adebiyi is proud of his many accomplishments -- graduating from Yale Law School, working for Goldman Sachs…
November 25, 2009
VIDEO - Once strangers, they're now forever connected, after exchanging priceless gifts. They swapped kidneys...
November 10, 2009
VIDEO - In 1999, doctors diagnosed jazz musician David Ware with kidney failure. By December 2008, his dialysis treatment stopped…