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South Africa Gets Into Stem Cell Act too- Helps Leukemia Patient

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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!
Posted: 7/28/2008 7:22:53 AM by Don Margolis | with 0 comments
Filed under: Bone, Cancer, Leukemia, Research, Stem Cells, Therapy, Treatment


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