TRIBUNMANADO.CO.ID – A positive five-year-old boy Covid-19, saved his sister’s life through a stem cell transplant.
This news has been viral in Thailand recently.
The news circulating mentioned a stem cell transplant from a Covid-19 patient to an uninfected patient was successfully carried out.
Quoted from Bangkok Biz News, Sila ‘Jio’ Boonklomjit, a five-year-old boy donated stem cells from his bone marrow to help save his sister.
It is known that Sila is a pediatric patient who has tested positive for Covid-19.
The older sister named Jintanangan ‘Jean’ Boonklomjit, aged seven, was born with a disease.
According to the American Center for Disease Control, thalassemia is a blood disorder caused when the body does not make enough hemoglobin, so fewer red blood cells circulate throughout the body.
As a result, his immune system also dropped dramatically.
After chemotherapy, Jintanakan requires donations of new stem cells which are used to eliminate stem cells that do not produce red blood cells in the bone marrow.
The doctor told his family that the only way to cure Jintanakan was by stem cell transplantation.
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