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Mother who needed body’s worth of plasma replaced after C-section says donors gave her ‘opportunity to raise my son’

A mother who was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening blood disorder and needed to have her entire body’s worth of plasma replaced just four days after surviving an emergency C-section has thanked plasma donors for giving her a “second chance ...

11 Jan 2024 at 06:30

Call for stem cell donor to give baby girl a ‘second chance at life’

The mother of a three-month-old baby girl who was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder shortly after she was born has issued a plea for people to sign the stem cell register in a bid to save her daughter’s life. Doctors initially suspected a viral ...

01 Feb 2025 at 00:01

People with blood cancer to benefit from innovative new treatment on the NHS

Hundreds of people in England with aggressive blood cancer are set to benefit from an innovative new treatment that reprogrammes a patient’s own immune cells to fight the disease after it was recommended for NHS use. Lisocabtagene maraleucel – ...

20 Feb 2025 at 11:10

Made-to-order ‘before midnight’ transfusion helps save mother’s life

A woman saved by a “fake immune system” blood donation has described how her treatment has given her a “lifeline” as she urged people to sign up to become blood donors. Fahreen Virani, 42, said her life came “crashing down” when she was ...

30 May 2025 at 00:01

NHS on the hunt for ‘precision-matched’ blood donors

The NHS is searching for blood donors with rare blood types so it can ensure patients in need can receive “precision-matched” blood. Scientists have tested tens of thousands of blood donors to see if they have rare blood types in a ...

23 Jul 2025 at 00:01

Urgent stem cell plea for toddler with rare blood disorder

The family of a toddler who has spent most of his life in hospital being treated for a rare and life-threatening blood disorder have made an urgent plea for a stem cell donor. Two-year-old Maison was diagnosed with Wiskott-Aldrich ...

28 Oct 2025 at 00:01

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