LifeCell International - Vasanth Tv

News clipping of Lifecell International in Vasanth TV.


Eight-year-old Thamirabharuni and her one-year-old brother Pugazhendhi share a special kind of bond not commonly seen among siblings. Thanks to her brother, Thamirabharuni no longer suffers from thalassemia disease.

The stem cells transplanted in March helped her get rid of thalassemia. And hundred days after the procedure, one can safely say that her disease has been cured.

The stem cells that were transplanted came from two different sources — her brother's cord blood, which was harvested during the time of his birth, and his bone marrow. Stem cells from the bone marrow had to be transplanted as there was insufficient number of stem cells in Pugazhendhi's cord blood.

In the absence of cord blood stem cells, about 200 ml of bone marrow would have been required. It is difficult to get this quantity of bone marrow from a nine-month-old baby.
The cord blood was collected by and stored at Chennai based LifeCell International Pvt. Ltd., a private cord blood bank.

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