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Canadian Blood Services is urging Black Canadians to help diversify its registry for blood and stem cell donors. But one expert says that call needs to include an acknowledgement of historical harm the organization has done to the Black community.
An Alberta father is on an agonizing cross-Canada search to find a rare bone marrow match to save his toddler's life. Jacob Marfo's journey arrived in Ottawa on a mission to bring hope to Ezra.
A GoFundMe page is aiming to raise money to support a Saskatoon six-month-old baby boy who was born without an immune system and in need of a full bone marrow transplant.
An Alberta family is urging more Canadians to join the stem cell registry, particularly those of mixed race and minority ethnic backgrounds, after their son was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease.
When Richard Potter received a life-saving stem cell transplant in July 2018, a Canadian flag hung on the wall of his hospital room in England. At the time, it was one of the few details he knew about the total stranger who had made the donation: that he was from Canada.