Anthony Nolan: Last News

An 11-year-old boy with a rare blood disorder has met the stem cell donor who saved his life when he was six. Allan McPike, 41, from Glasgow, was persuaded to sign the Anthony Nolan stem cell register by his late cousin, but did not hear anything more for 10 years.

A Lanarkshire MSP took part in an event at Holyrood to celebrate Scottish people on the Anthony Nolan stem cell register and raise awareness of the urgent need to diversify the register.

An SNP councillor is donating his stem cells to try and save a life.

Read more: Brave girl with 'extremely rare' condition to undergo six-month stem cell treatment in NewcastleA donor for a stem cell match was found through the Anthony Nolan charity in November 2022 following Reynolds intervention, with Leland undergoing chemotherapy and a transplant at the Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle in January this year. And on Friday, mam Sarah shared the news that Leland had rang the bell at the RVI to signal he is cancer free. She wrote: "Today's the day that Leland got to ring that bell.

West Lothian firefighters dropped in to Inveralmond High School this week as part of their efforts to find the next generation of life savers.

Tributes have been paid to an 'amazing' young woman who died while awaiting a bone marrow transplant. Aimee Read, 29, was due to undergo the life-saving surgery next month to treat a life-threatening blood disease.

Blood cancer is said to be the UK's third highest cancer killer, and there is not enough awareness of its signs and symptoms.

Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.It was there that he met a young probationer called Ally Boyle and they became colleagues and friends.Ally quickly rose through the ranks to become Deputy Assistant Chief Officer.

The Sun, he explained: 'When Azaylia needed a donor the amount of people who came together straight away to order test kits, do the tests and then send them back, was crazy.  'The DKMS and Anthony Nolan probably get around 30,000 to 40,000 registers a year.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.To mark Blood Cancer Awareness Month this September, Angela Constance MSP took part in a digital ‘Day of Action’ to celebrate the number of potential stem cell donors in Almond Valley on the Anthony Nolan register and raise awareness of the urgent need for more donors in light of the challenges to donor recruitment presented by the pandemic.This day was marked by Anthony Nolan on Wednesday, September 9, as part of its Communities vs Blood Cancer campaign, which shines a spotlight on vital work being done locally to ensure that every patient in need of a stem cell transplant can find a lifesaving donor.Anthony Nolan’s lifesaving work has been

A selfless stem cell donor made a 1200-mile round trip from Orkney to save a stranger’s life.