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CORDLIFE GROUP LIMITED
| ANNUAL REPORT 2015
BUSINESS UNIT SPOTLIGHT:
BANKING
LEUKAEMIA BOY SAVED BY BABY SISTER
Ray (alias) was suffering from leukaemia at a tender age of
three. Despite a nation-wide search for bone marrow stem
cells, a suitable donor could not be found. Fortunately,
Rachel, baby sister of Ray, was born during this critical
period, which enabled the family to store and use her cord
blood for Ray’s transplant.
CEREBRAL PALSY BABY HELPED BY CORD BLOOD
An accident at birth deprived two and a half year old
Georgia of oxygen to her brain. This resulted in damage
to her brain leading to cerebral palsy, which caused her to
move involuntarily, suffer from muscle spasms and have
up to 50 seizures a day. With the aid from a renowned
neurosurgeon in Singapore, Georgia’s cord blood was
infused back into her body. After the infusion, her caretakers
reported that Georgia had noticeable improvements in her
temperament, concentration level and vocalisation.
NEUROBLASTOMA BOY TREATED BY HIS OWN
CORD BLOOD
Justin (alias) was diagnosed with a common childhood
cancer, neuroblastoma, at the tender age of one and a half
years old. Over the course of one year, the child had to
endure numerous rounds of high-dose chemotherapy to
treat his condition. Chemotherapy destroyed cancer cells,
but at the same time also killed normal cells. Fortunately,
Justin’s parents had his cord blood stored at birth with
Cordlife. The cord blood stem cells were infused back into
his body after a course of chemotherapy at Queen Mary
Hospital and he was discharged from the hospital after
3 months. The cord blood unit used was cryopreserved in
Cordlife’s facility in Hong Kong for 29 months.
SIBLING’S CORD BLOOD FOR THALASSEMIA MAJOR
Cordlife India was the first cord blood bank to successfully
release a cord blood unit to support the first ever mixed
stem cell transplant in India. Moinam was diagnosed with
Thalassemia Major when he was barely one year old. If left
untreated, most children inflicted with this disorder will not
live beyond the age of 10. Fortunately, his newborn sister
was free of the disorder and her cord blood stem cells were
a perfect match for Moinam. A combination of her bone
marrow and cord blood stem cells was used to enhance
the success rate of his transplant.
CORDLIFE’S TRANSPLANT TRACK RECORD
* Photos used in the above narrative may not depict the actual patients.
