News by Subject

Cruz joins bone marrow campaign

(BBC 22/12/2008)

An eight-year-old Kent boy who has leukaemia has met film star Penelope Cruz for a campaign to urge people to join the bone marrow donor register. Joe Cawse, who has been on a donor waiting list for more than three years, met Ms Cruz while she filmed in London.

Read background >>
Discuss this in our forum >>

Blood brothers

(BBC 01/12/2008)

Michael Wenman, 12, became the world's first child to have a bone marrow transplant for gut failure, followed later by his younger brother Matthew. Before the operation the boys spent much of their time in hospital but they can now lead normal lives. Great Ormond Street Hospital says more transplants will take place next year following a successful pilot study.

Read background >>
Comment on this story >>

Donor search

(BBC 20/10/2008)

Why Indians could help UK bone marrow transplants. Dean Sheik was born with a rare blood disease and his only option is a bone marrow transplant. Without this operation Dean, who is seven, could die within the next few years - but his chances of finding a donor in the UK are slim. If you are Asian, as Dean is, then you have just a 25% chance of finding a donor with the right tissue type.

Read background >>
Discuss this in our forum >>

Terminally ill Trinity Mirror journalist delivers petition to Downing Street

(Mirror 23/07/2008)

Leukaemia sufferer Adrian Sudbury was today delivering a petition to Downing Street calling for better awareness of bone marrow donation among young people.

Read background >>
Comment on this story >>

Road to recovery

(BBC 10/07/2008)

'Bubble boy' beats a rare genetic condition

Read background >>
Comment on this story >>

Transplant brother back at school

(BBC 09/07/2008)

The youngest of four brothers from Hampshire with a potentially fatal illness returns to school.

Read background >>
Comment on this story >>