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Five-month-old leukaemia baby needs a life-saving donor match


09 June 2021 - 09:32
Affectionately referred to as Mighty Mack , Mackenzie Friedman was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia on May 12 and requires regular blood and platelet transfusions in between her rigorous chemotherapy treatments.
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Mackenzie Friedman was born a perfectly healthy bouncing baby girl but now at five months old desperately needs a life-saving blood stem cell transplant from a matching donor.
Affectionately referred to as “Mighty Mack”, Mackenzie was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) on May 12 and requires regular blood and platelet transfusions inbetween her rigorous chemotherapy treatments.
“After she experienced a sudden spike in her temperature, first-time mom, Megan Harrington-Johnson rushed her to the general practitioner, who referred her to a paediatrician to run some diagnostic blood tests. It was with great shock and terror that the family learnt of Mackenzie’s life-threating ....

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Black donors urged to donate stem cells to help save those battling blood cancer


Black donors urged to donate stem cells to help save those battling blood cancer
01 June 2021 - 12:31
Black blood cancer patients are at a distinct disadvantage due to the low number of registered donors in the database.
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Black blood cancer patients are at a distinct disadvantage due to the low number of registered donors in the database.
That s the word from DKMS Africa formerly the Sunflower Fund on the back of World Blood Cancer Day which was observed globally last Friday.
“This is why DKMS Africa urges everyone to register and help grow an ethnically-diverse registry to give patients a better chance of finding a perfect match,” said Alana James, DKMS Africa executive director. ....

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