Due to privacy reasons, the real names of the individuals mentioned below are not revealed.

Thalassaemia
Case 1
Xian was born in January 2003. Her umbilical cord blood stem cells were stored in a local private stem cell bank, StemLife. Though her parents were both Thalassaemia minor (carriers) she was fortunate to be neither a Thalassaemia Major nor Minor.

Her younger sister Shu Min, born in June 2005, was less fortunate. She was diagnosed with Thalassaemia Major.

In January 2006, Shu Min underwent a stem cell transplant using Xian's stem cells which were stored with a local private bank, StemLife. Shu Min has since recovered and happily returned home.

Were it not for the stem cell transplant, Shu Min might have had to undergo continuous strenuous blood tranfusions and subcutaneous desferrioxamine infusion therapy routines.

The stem cell transplant not only gave Shu Min good health but also a better quality of life.

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