British Army veteran meets life saving stem cell donor after eight years

British Army veteran Craig Sinclair from Aldershot met his stem cell donor, Stephen, for the first time, eight years after a transplant saved his life, the Basingstoke Gazette reported. [1]

Sinclair was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, an aggressive form of blood cancer, in May 2018, according to the Basingstoke Gazette. Stephen, who was a stranger to Sinclair at the time, registered as a donor and provided the stem cells that enabled Sinclair to recover. [1]

Medical progress in stem cell applications continues to receive broad professional recognition. As HEROIC BREAKING NEWS reported earlier, UCLA physician-scientist Dr Donald Kohn was recently elected to the National Academy of Medicine for his pioneering work on blood stem cell gene therapies targeting blood and immune diseases. [2]

The meeting brought together the two men whose lives became connected through the life-saving donation, the Basingstoke Gazette said. Sinclair has since written a poetry collection reflecting on his survival and recovery. [1]