Every three minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with blood cancer. These people often rely on bone marrow donations to survive, but getting a match can be difficult. To make registering easier, the non-profit DKMS has launched virtual bone marrow drives. Carina Ortel, CEO of DKMS, explains how an online drive works.
When it comes to donations, not all marrow is made equal. Ortel says studies show that blood stem cells from young men have been found to be the most successful long term after transplants. Finding a match has a lot to do with ancestry. African-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans are highly underrepresented on the American bone marrow donor registry.
The decision, announced last week, will impact about 5,600 hotels and 850,000 guest rooms, according to IHG, which operates 17 hotel brands, including Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza.
Shark Week is back for its 31st year and fans can bite into a new lineup of shows featuring some of the ocean's fiercest predators.
Digital health company Livongo had a successful public debut Thursday on the Nasdaq. It's the latest in a wave of digital health companies entering the public markets. Hemant Taneja, managing director at General Catalyst, joins Cheddar to discuss.
Smart glass, which comes with its own IP address, is being installed in office buildings around the country. Rao Mulpuri, CEO of View, which makes smart glass, joined Cheddar to discuss how his company’s windows can actually improve worker productivity.
ELLO Capital will focus on guiding U.S.-focused cannabis, hemp, and ancillary companies through mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and private placements. The company also aims to assist “traditional cpg companies that are looking at how to navigate the CBD or cannabis world,” like Altria, Diageo, and Constellation.
Everyone who lives long enough is likely to experience back pain. And the cause isn't just aging. We have evolution to blame for a spine that's an engineering nightmare. Cheddar Explores how our spines changed to accommodate human bipedalism.
The modern-day space race just took a major step toward maturity, with Sir Richard Branson's announcement that Virgin Galactic will go public. When it lists later this year, Virgin will become the first publicly traded space-tourism company.
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Temple University reported using gene therapy to eradicate HIV in mice. Now the team is considering how to turn that into a life-saving cure for humans.
The holiday has become prime time for companies slinging CBD products for nervous pets. But with so many products and so little regulation, it can be tough for well-meaning pet owners to know which products are safe and whether they actually work.
Democratic candidates were asked about the climate crisis during the first presidential primary debates on Wednesday and Thursday in Miami, a city that is currently experiencing its hottest week in more than three decades.
