'Miracle of life': Baby recovers after receiving umbilical blood

The first baby in China, and probably the world, to have received umbilical cord blood to combat a rare genetic defect has recovered well and will leave the hospital soon.

The baby received the umbilical blood stem cells on July 31 at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, when she was 6 months old.

On Wednesday the hospital held a celebration for Zhao Jiaxin, now 10 and a half months old, ahead of her being discharged to go home in the next few days.