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  2. David Vetter - Wikipedia

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    Approximately $1.3 million was spent on Vetter's care, but scientific study failed to produce a true cure and no donor match was identified. Vetter later received a bone marrow transplant from his sister Katherine. While his body did not reject the transplant, [4] he became ill with infectious mononucleosis after a few months. [7]

  3. Severe combined immunodeficiency - Wikipedia

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    David Vetter, the original "bubble boy", had one of the first transplantations also, but eventually died because of an unscreened virus, Epstein-Barr (tests were not available at the time), in his newly transplanted bone marrow from his sister, an unmatched bone marrow donor. Today, transplants done in the first three months of life have a high ...

  4. How this Hallsville's blood stem cell donation could save a ...

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    Those aiming to register as a DKMS donor, a few parameters must be considered. Donors are between the ages of 18-55 and in good health, for one. DKMS looks for both stem cell and bone marrow donors.

  5. DKMS - Wikipedia

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    Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei, abbreviated as DKMS (transl. German Bone Marrow Donor File), is an international nonprofit bone marrow donor center based in Tübingen, Germany, with entities in Chile, India, Poland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.

  6. A United Airlines pilot stunned passengers when he walked down the aisle to hug the stranger who saved his life with a bone marrow donation years ago. “The young lady that saved my life.”

  7. Reporter's notebook: ABC News reporter meets bone marrow ...

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    In October, an administrative specialist from Be The Match, the nonprofit National Marrow Donor Program, informed me that my bone marrow transplant recipient wanted to connect with me. It had been ...

  8. Gift of Life Marrow Registry - Wikipedia

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    The remaining 70 percent must rely on the generosity of an unrelated donor to save their lives. There are more than 90 stem cell and marrow donor registries in 56 countries. [7] Gift of Life was the first registry in the world to human leukocyte antigen tissue type stem cell and marrow donors on a mass scale at donor drives using buccal swabs.

  9. Mom meets woman who saved son's life with bone marrow donation

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    Alika Jones was one of hundreds of Southeastern Louisiana University students who signed up for the Be The Match bone marrow registry during a homecoming drive in 2013. Jones' healthy cells soon ...