In the US state of Florida, a two-year-old child was saved from cancer by transplanting the bone marrow of his six-month-old brother. This news was published in MedicalXpress.

Little Grant Gibbens suffered from severe leukemia. However, doctors from the Children's Hospital of Florida discovered an unusually high compatibility of the body with his younger brother Wyatt.. This allowed for a successful transplant, which led to a complete cure..

Doctors note that patients usually have to enroll in the registry and wait to find someone with the right data.. Only a third of all children have relatives whose body is suitable for a transplant. Dr.

David Shuuk stresses that childhood cancer is very rare.. But even more rarely, it requires a bone marrow transplant..

The publication reports that the 27-year-old mother of the boys was seven months pregnant with Wyatt when her eldest son was diagnosed with cancer.. Parents say they did not plan to have a second child so soon after the first. However, they are happy that the baby helped his brother, who will now be able to freely meet with his peers without the risk of infection..

aspect. net.