A schoolgirl from Aberdeenshire battling cancer has become the first in the UK to receive a specialist leukaemia drug. More than £600,000 has been raised to pay for treatment for ten-year-old Sophia Wilson from Sauchen, after she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in July last year. Acute Myeloid Leukaemia […]
Urgent Appeal: Young People Needed to Save Lives
Appeal for more young people to step forward as stem cell donors to save lives An urgent appeal was made in the UK Parliament for more young people to join the stem cell donor register because for many patients with blood cancers or rare blood disorders, finding a match is […]
Teenage leukaemia patient urges people to donate blood
Teenage leukaemia patient urges people to donate blood Meet Mia Harris-Jones, a 17-year-old from South Wales whose life was transformed by the kindness of strangers. In 2023, Mia was diagnosed with T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), a fast-moving blood cancer that forced her into immediate, intensive treatment. During her battle, […]