Shanghai woman donates stem cells for US patient

By He Qi in Shanghai | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-02-13 14:01
Share
Share - WeChat
Xiong Qian in the hematopoietic stem cell collection room. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A female medical worker in Shanghai has become the first hematopoietic stem cell donator this year to help an overseas patient. The recipient is a US resident suffering from leukemia.

Xiong Qian, director of Shanghai Gonghui Hospital's endocrinology department, donated the hematopoietic stem cells – found in the bone marrow of adults and used to treat blood diseases such as leukemia – at Shanghai General Hospital in late January.

A total of 414 milliliters of her hematopoietic stem cells was collected and transported to the United States.

Xiong is the city's 423rd hematopoietic stem cell donator and the 19th to help an overseas patient since Shanghai launched the donation program.

She registered in China's marrow donor database in December 2017 and was told at the end of 2018 that a matching patient was found.

Across China, the number of donations of hematopoietic stem cells reached a record annual high of 913 in 2018, up 13.7 percent year-on-year, according to the China Marrow Donor Program.

As of December, 2.65 million people have registered with the program as potential hematopoietic stem cells donors and a total of 7,915 donations were made, including 317 for patients outside the Chinese mainland.

1 2 3 4 Next   >>|

Nation honors rocket scientist posthumously

20,000 youth unite for post-typhoon reconstruction in Hainan

'Peanuts teacher' among 12 outstanding educators

Son follows fallen mother's aspirations by joining police academy

Restaurant relies on workers with Down syndrome

Lanzhou allows public to witness cremations

Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US