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29 April 2013

Cryo-Save Facilitates the First Transplantation in Spain to Treat Blackfan-Diamond Anaemia Thanks to the Cost-Free Donat


At no charge whatsoever to the family, this Cryo-Save program has made it possible to treat this congenital anaemia, classified as a rare disease, using cord blood stem cells.  
    A 4-year-old boy was treated for Blackfan-Diamond anaemia (BDA) with a stem cell transplant from his sister's umbilical cord blood. The transplant was performed on April 25 at the Hospital del Niño Jesús in Madrid, one of the most important paediatric hospitals in Spain. It is the first transplant performed in this country to treat BDA with a cryo-preserved sample from a family bank, in this case, the leading Family Stem Cell Bank in Spain, Crio-Cord, a subsidiary of the Cryo-Save Group. This treatment was provided thanks to the Cryo-Save Cost Free Donation Program, which provides free storage of the umbilical cord blood and cord tissue stem cells for families who have a family member diagnosed with a disease treatable with stem cells.  
    The transplantation was successful, and the child is expected to make a normal recovery. This pioneering treatment in Spain may herald a radical improvement in the child's quality of life, as since birth he has required regular red blood cell transfusions. "Up until the transplantation our life was bound to these transfusions. We could hardly be happier, because now our son will be able to lead a completely normal life", said Elena, the boy's mother. The parents had only found out about the possibility of this type of treatment when Elena was pregnant with her daughter, now the cord blood donor. They did not hesitate for an instant. "We had the opportunity to heal our son, if the sample was compatible, and we could not forego it", she said. "Our daughter will be very happy when she learns that her brother got better thanks to her", she added.  
    "Blackfan-Diamond anaemia is a congenital disease that prevents the bone marrow from producing the red blood cells needed to carry oxygen throughout the body," explained Dr. Luis Madero, Head of the Oncohaematology Department of the Hospital Niño Jesús in Madrid, and the physician who performed the transplantation. Until recently, the main treatments were periodical red blood cell transfusions, which clearly affects the patient's quality of life, and long-term corticosteroid therapy, which is not tolerated in all cases.  
    "The transplantation of umbilical cord blood stem cells, especially between siblings, is now a recommended treatment option for certain types of haematological diseases, such as this anaemia. The benefits versus other treatments for this disease are clear", asserted Dr. Madero. This is confirmed by some studies[i],[ii].  

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