In April 2016, Let’s Talk Science volunteer Daniel Tarade donated stem cells to help a person who needed a stem cell transplant to survive. Learn what stem cells are, how and why people donate, and what Daniel’s experience was like.

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Like most nursing jobs, I never really know what to expect when I get in to work each day. However, this role is very different from what people would commonly call nursing.

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An Italian doctor wants to transplant a quadriplegic patient’s head onto a donor body. Is this is the next leap in regenerative medicine, or just a whacked-out idea from a latter-day Dr. Frankenstein.

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This video (2009, 2:20 min.) by the Mayo Clinic explains the basics of the bone marrow transplants and highlights one woman’s story of leukemia and bone marrow transplant.

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Studying slimy turtle leeches may make it easier to store and distribute human organs, tissues, and cells for transplantation.

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Dr. Donna Johnston from Canadian Blood Services discusses the medical conditions where cord blood cells are used in transplants and the need for greater range of donors in terms of ethnicity. (1:56 min)

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Pigs are already used to study certain human diseases. They are also being considered as potential organ donors for humans.

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When a baby stopped breathing a 3D printed absorbable splint in his airway saved his life

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A trachea, grown from the cells in a lab has saved a young girl's life. Watch the video to find out how! You can also read our related article.

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