I can't imagine what it feels like to have saved your older brother. Very brave boys.
December 8, 2015
Dubai: It is the stuff miracles are made of. (click here) The life of a seven-year-old Emirati boy, Zayed Al Hammadi, was saved by the stem cells donated by his three-year-old brother Mohammad.
Both Zayed and Mohammad, sons of Nouh Al Hammadi, live with their family in Al Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.
Zayed was diagnosed with beta thalassaemia major, a severe form of an inherited blood disorder that requires regular transfusions. His condition was deteriorating fast and the family were given their last chance of hope thanks to the storage of Mohammad’s umbilical cord blood. His cord blood had been harvested and stored with CryoSave Arabia at his birth.
At present, stem cell transplant is the only known cure for beta thalassaemia major....
December 8, 2015Dubai: It is the stuff miracles are made of. (click here) The life of a seven-year-old Emirati boy, Zayed Al Hammadi, was saved by the stem cells donated by his three-year-old brother Mohammad.
Both Zayed and Mohammad, sons of Nouh Al Hammadi, live with their family in Al Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.
Zayed was diagnosed with beta thalassaemia major, a severe form of an inherited blood disorder that requires regular transfusions. His condition was deteriorating fast and the family were given their last chance of hope thanks to the storage of Mohammad’s umbilical cord blood. His cord blood had been harvested and stored with CryoSave Arabia at his birth.
At present, stem cell transplant is the only known cure for beta thalassaemia major....
