Syldon@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agoGirl, 8, first UK transplant patient not to need life-long drugs in breakthroughwww.standard.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down12
arrow-up193arrow-down1external-linkGirl, 8, first UK transplant patient not to need life-long drugs in breakthroughwww.standard.co.ukSyldon@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agooh thats wonderful. Yeah I think I have holdovers from when the procedure first came out.
minus-squareNashua@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s called periphery blood stem cell donation apparently. Was curious and went looking. Linked in case you’re curious too. There is another method that that isn’t really applicable here, which comes from donated umbilical cords and placentas that would otherwise be thrown away.
oh thats wonderful. Yeah I think I have holdovers from when the procedure first came out.
It’s called periphery blood stem cell donation apparently. Was curious and went looking. Linked in case you’re curious too.
There is another method that that isn’t really applicable here, which comes from donated umbilical cords and placentas that would otherwise be thrown away.