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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]
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.
American entrepreneur famous for his race car driving and automotive developments in designing the cult-classic Shelby Cobras and Ford's Shelby Mustang. Carroll Shelby received a heart transplant in 1990, then in 1996, a living donor kidney transplant from his son. Carroll died May 10, 2012, at the age of 89. Heart: 1990; Kidney: 1996
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 ...
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 ...
Katherine Herrmann had 20 heart surgeries before getting a transplant. Now she gets to thank the family of the woman who saved her life. Akron heart recipient meets her donor family for first time ...
His story, along with that of Texas SCID patient David Vetter, inspired the 1976 TV movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. In the film, John Travolta played Tod, a teenage boy who lived in a sterile bubble due to illness. DeVita was 14 when the film, unauthorized by his family, was released.
Michelle Kim Maykin (Thai: มิเชล เมฆินทร์, January 20, 1982 – July 25, 2009) was a well-known figure in the Asian American community who promoted ethnic participation in the national marrow registry, the National Marrow Donor Program.