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United States, Canada, Vietnam and now South Africa- all of these stem cell success stories really get me pumped! I really love to read stories about people like Rebecca:
Pretty little Rebecca Stringer has become the poster girl for the Sunflower Fund in KwaZulu-Natal.For, while several local children have sadly died of leukemia, six-year-old Rebecca's story is a success.She, like the others, was in desperate need of a life-saving bone marrow transplant, but luckily for Rebecca of Hillcrest, she was able to find a stem cell donor.
But in July 2007, the doctor told the Stringers that their daughter had relapsed, and that the only way for her to be healed was to find a bone marrow stem cell donor and undergo an urgent transplant.But the chances of finding a bone marrow stem cell donor match is 1:100 000 and the South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR) at present sits at some 63 000 donors.The Stringers then mounted a campaign to get as many people as possible to sign up as donors-and amazingly, a suitable one was found very quickly. Many patients die while waiting for a donor. -
While I commonly post news stories about these stem cell transplants, please remember that these stories aren't the norm. Unfortunately, many cancer patients die while trying to find a matching donor which is all the more reason for you to register at www.marrow.org.Click here to read the whole fantastic story!