Girl, 12, with rare bone marrow failure faces a race to find a donor after Covid caused error

A young girl who had been waiting on a bone marrow transplant was turned away from hospital at the last minute after being told donor was no longer compatible. Libby Cotts, from Essex, was diagnosed with Severe Aplastic Anaemia in October. The 12-year-old, who has been having weekly blood and platelet transfusions, had been expecting … Read more

Girl, 12, waiting on bone marrow transplant turned away from hospital

A young girl who had been waiting on a bone marrow transplant was turned away from hospital at the last minute after being told donor was no longer compatible. Libby Cotts, from Essex, was diagnosed with Severe Aplastic Anaemia in October. The 12-year-old, who has been having weekly blood and platelet transfusions, had been expecting … Read more

Baby with genetic disease undergoes life-saving bone marrow transplant after ‘miracle’ donor found

A baby boy battling a rare and deadly genetic disease has undergone a life-saving bone marrow transplant after a vital miracle donor was found days after his first birthday. Reign Miller-Hardy has hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a condition where his immune system attacks healthy tissues and organs. The one-year-old was diagnosed in August after being rushed to … Read more

Holly Willoughby and Lorraine Kelly in stitches as Phillip Schofield whips out a HUGE marrow

‘What do you think of this bad boy?’ Holly Willoughby and Lorraine Kelly are left in stitches as Phillip Schofield whips out a HUGE marrow ahead of giant vegetable segment By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 12:12 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 12:33 BST, 14 October 2020 This Morning’s Holly Willoughby was left in … Read more

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield left in fits of laughter over phallic marrow on This Morning

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield left in fits of laughter over humongous phallic marrow on This Morning set By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 21:18 BST, 13 October 2020 | Updated: 21:20 BST, 13 October 2020 They have shared plenty of belly laughs on the set of This Morning.  And Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were … Read more

Girl, 8, needs to find new bone marrow donor after only match in the world dropped out

The family of an eight-year-old girl with a life-threatening blood disease are pleading with people to help them find a new donor after the only match in the world dropped out less than a month before before her treatment.  Evie Hodgson, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, has aplastic anaemia – bone marrow failure – and needs a … Read more

Coronavirus US: Drug for rare bone marrow cancer tested

Clinical trial underway to test if drug for rare bone marrow cancer will keep the sickest coronavirus patients off of ventilators by stopping the virus from copying itself Selinexor, which is made by Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc, is currently approved treat multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in white blood cells Researchers say the drug blocks a … Read more