Three blood donors found in global search to save Zainab - but more needed

Some progress has been made in the global search to find rare blood to help save two-year-old Zainab Mughal.

Zainab Mughal rare blood cancer

Zainab Mughal was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer Source: OneBlood

Three matching donors have been located in the global effort to help save the life of a two-year-old cancer patient who needs some of the rarest blood in the world.

Zainab Mughal, from Florida, has a neuroblastoma - an aggressive form of cancer - and requires two bone marrow transplants and a series to transfusions to restore her blood supply while undergoing chemotherapy.

More in English  via SBS News.


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By Sarah Wiedersehn, May Rizk



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