Mbali’s second round of treatment first seemed to have worked. And then, six years after her first diagnosis of leukaemia, we had to face what no family is ever ready to face
The bone marrow registry recorded a 65% increase in registered youth donors, translating to more than 3 000 possible donors
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The myth that regenerative stem cells are body parts has led to donor reluctance