Cord blood stem cell transplant hopes boosted.

A technique which may eventually remove the need for matched bone marrow transplants has been used in humans for the first time.

It is hoped that "master cells" taken from umbilical cords could be used on any patient without rejection. The latest advance, published in the journal Nature Medicine, greatly multiplies the tiny number of cells from the cord ready for a transplant. UK charity Leukaemia Research said this could be the "holy grail" for doctors.

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A mixed race model with leukaemia has been given the gift of life.

A SERIOUSLY ill model has been thrown a life-line by a complete stranger after a bone marrow match was found for her in Germany.
Mum-of-two Karla Neckles from Hainault has been given the gift of life after being told she only had weeks to live.

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