Sister saves man; then he saves her

8 years after bone marrow transplant, brother donates stem cells to sibling

Eight years after receiving his bone marrow donated by his sister to cure a rare disease, Wang Jiang donated hematopoietic stem cells to cure his sister's leukemia in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

Wang, 55, came down with a sudden fever in 2009 and was diagnosed with extreme aplastic anemia, a potentially fatal blood disorder. His three siblings, after learning that he would need bone marrow, rushed to Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital on the day Wang was diagnosed to donate their own.