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Teacher feels ‘very lucky’ to be charity’s 2,000th stem cell donor

A teacher who became the 2,000th stem cell donor for a blood cancer charity has revealed how she feels “very fortunate and lucky” to give someone a second chance at life. Amy Pringle, 28, from Glasgow, found out about donating stem cells when staff ...

16 Mar 2023 at 09:26

Mother with leukaemia in desperate search for stem cell donor

A mother has told of her desperate search for a stem cell donor after she was diagnosed with leukaemia. Janice St Louis, 56, from London, who is of Black British Caribbean descent, needs somebody with similar heritage to help continue her fight ...

17 Mar 2023 at 14:32

Stem cell DNA match sought for three-month-old boy with aggressive rare cancer

A family whose lives were “turned upside down” when their three-month-old baby was diagnosed with an aggressive and rare blood cancer are searching for a stem cell DNA match to maximise his chances of survival. Francis, from Walton, Liverpool, ...

21 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Couple beat odds as both called to donate stem cells

A married couple have beaten the odds by both being called to become stem cell donors and offer a lifeline to two different cancer patients. Nirav and Kanan Chokshi were called separately to donate stem cells to adult leukaemia patients in ...

31 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Woman’s urgent plea for stem cell donors after cancer relapse

A woman who mistook cancer symptoms as a side effect of her gym routine is urgently seeking a stem cell donor after her disease relapsed. Asia Sharif, 27, has stage four Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer which develops in the lymphatic system, a ...

16 Aug 2024 at 00:01

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 ...

01 Feb 2025 at 00:01

‘UK’s most prolific blood donor’ urges public to ‘help society’

One of the country’s most prolific blood donors has urged people to donate blood and “help society”. Peter Randle started giving blood when he was 18 when he was at university. The 69-year-old grandfather from Coventry has since ...

06 Oct 2025 at 00:01

Urgent stem cell plea to save life of 13-year-old with rare blood disorder

The family of a teenage girl who was diagnosed with an extremely rare blood disorder just days after turning 13 have issued an urgent plea for a stem cell donor to save her life. Millie Fairley, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, ...

01 Dec 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 ...

28 Oct 2025 at 00:01

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Girl, 12, who has fought leukaemia four times and spent four months of 2024 isolated in hospital ready for ‘fresh start’

A schoolgirl who spent a third of 2024 isolated in hospital while undergoing cancer treatment has said she is hoping for a “fresh start”. Amelie Coelho Flatt, 12, from Stotfold in Bedfordshire, underwent a stem ...

09 Jan 2025 at 06:30

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Strangers who became ‘best friends’ after stem cell donation saved the other’s life celebrate 25 years since transplant

Two strangers who became “best friends” after a stem cell donation saved the other’s life have celebrated 25 years since the transplant took place by writing letters to each other every year. Samantha Johnson, ...

10 Jan 2025 at 06:30

‘Register4Ronnie’: Urgent stem cell plea for baby boy with rare blood disorder

The mother of a baby boy diagnosed with a rare blood condition a week before his first birthday is urging people to join the stem cell register in the hopes of curing her son. Ronnie, from Merseyside, had ...

01 Apr 2026 at 00:01

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