• Less toxic bone marrow transplant technique may have more powerful anti-cancer effect
  An MGH research team has shown that it is possible to transplant bone marrow from mismatched human donors without the usual pre-transplant destruction of the patient's own bone marrow.

• A call to arms: Employee blood drive begins
  To help address the increased demand on the hospital's blood supply, the MGH Blood Donation Center is inaugurating an employee blood donation campaign to encourage more MGHers to assist the center in maintaining a safe and adequate supply of blood products for the hospital.

• MGHs bid fond farewell
  MGHers gathered to say goodbye to Sister Sheila Hammond, director of the MGH Chaplaincy, May 12 in the Trustees Room.

• MGH wins Boston's bike-to-work week
  Escorted by the MGH Police and Security bike patrol, a pack of 30 MGHers rode to the citywide bicycle festival May 21 at City Hall Plaza, where the hospital received the Bike-to-Work Corporate Challenge Award.

• Taking MGH's pain pulse
  Recently the MGH had its pulse taken — its pain pulse — to measure simultaneously the pain level of all inpatients and assess pain management practices at the hospital.

• Stahl speaks at commencement for Institute of Health Professions
  Lesley Stahl, CBS news correspondent, addressed 120 graduates of the MGH Institute of Health Professions at their commencement ceremony May 15.

• Outpatient Registration relocates
  The Outpatient Registration area, currently located in the Wang Ambulatory Care Center (WACC) Lobby, will relocate to the WACC's first floor on June 4.

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