Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Father and son saved by bone marrow transplants 20 years apart

Father and son saved by bone marrow transplants 20 years apart

It was a simple cheek swab that saved a New Brunswick father and his son nearly 20 years apart. David Boudreau and his son Samuel, 21, have each received a bone marrow transplant. ​At just a year and half, Samuel was diagnosed with Fanconi anemia, a disease that mainly affects the bone marrow and decreases the production of blood cells.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bone-marrow-transplant-1.4433168?source=Snapzu

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