“Designer baby transplant success.
A boy with a rare blood disorder has been successfully given stem cells from his perfect match ‘designer baby’ brother.
We won’t be able to declare him cured until a year after his transplant. Dr Ajay Vora, consultant hameatologist looking after Charlie.”
The story from the BBC of Charlie a boy with Diamond Blackfan Anemia who received stem cells from his 100% HLA match brother.
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I have a 10 years old son with Acute Limphocytic Leukemia , we live on the USA , in San Diego, CA, we will like to have more information about the hospitals that practice this procedure, my son have been on remission for seven months now, but he will continue on chemoterapy treatment for two more years, We will really appreciated if you can help us with this information, this represents a hope on my son´s life.
Thank you