Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

A 21-year-old Pakistani refugee detained at Athens' maximum-security Korydallos Prison on people trafficking charges has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights requesting his immediate release to undergo a bone marrow transplant due to leukemia.

A stem cell found for a three-year-old leukemia patient waiting for transplantation in the southern province of Adana was brought to Turkey from Greece as a result of the efforts of the Health Ministry.
The son of the Şengezer couple living in Adana, Kuzey Deniz, was hospitalized last year after sudden fever.

The bone marrow of two young people living in Greece has become a source of hope for a Turkish youth waiting for transplantation in the Mediterranean province of Adana.

The Turkish-Greek borders closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has wreaked havoc on the whole world, has been overcome for the transplant.

Amid the closure of Turkish airspace due to the coronavirus outbreak, it opened it up to an Italian jet to save the life of a 2-year-old Italian child.

On March 14, Dr. Massimo Cardillo, the head of Italy's National Transplant Center, sent an email asking Turkish authorities for help with the ailing toddler, according to Turkish healthcare sources.

Bulgaria ranks last in the European Union for stem cell transplants, Eurostat reported.

A total of 139 Bulgarians have undergone a similar type of transplant for the year. Only Romania, Malta and Slovenia rank after Bulgaria. No stem cell transplants have been performed in Malta and Slovenia.

New methods in the treatment of malignant diseases of the blood allow complete cure. This was reported by leading experts in the field of hematology at a scientific conference in Plovdiv. "Cancer is not a Sentence" is the motto of a charity cross that will be held tomorrow in the city as part of a national information campaign.

The Institute in Belgrade will receive RSD 263 million to build a new sterile block where bone marrow transplants will be done, Vucic announced, and said that the money will be on the hospital's account on Friday.

Greece’s government body that manages the refugee crisis has been mobilized after it emerged that the family of a 7-year-old Syrian boy who is hospitalized in Germany and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant may be among the thousands of stranded refugees and migrants in Greece.

Scientists have won an important battle in the war against cancer, Greek specialists in blood cancers said following the announcement of the extraordinary results of a revolutionary cancer treatment in early trials involving terminally ill patients.

A campaign to raise money for pensioner John Jukes, aged 70, and fulfil his quest to visit the Greek islands has closed after smashing its target. More than 2,652 pounds were raised online via a donation site.