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Chinese boy donates hemopoietic stem cells to Malaysia

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Beijing: A hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) has been donated by a Chinese man to a patient with blood disease in Malaysia, as per reported.

As per the reports said, Lu, 22, from Guangxi Zhuang region had signed up to be a stem cell donor with the China Marrow Donor Programme (CMDP) in July 2011.

On May 19, the CMDP told Lu that his human leukocyte antigen (HLA) type matched with a Malaysian patient.

“I was surprised at the time but decided to do it,” Lu said.

The success rate of stem cells matches is extremely low — somewhere between 0.25 percent and 0.01 percent.

“I’ve done some research and know stem cell donation is almost harmless to the donor,” he said.

“Saving a life is more important than anything else.”

A week before the donation, Lu arrived in Guangzhou, to receive daily injections of bone marrow mobiliser, stimulating the release of stem cells into the blood. He was then hooked up to an apheresis machine that filters blood and collects stem cells. A total of 420 millilitres of stem cell suspension were flown to Malaysia and injected into the patient on Tuesday.

There are over two million potential donors registered with the CMDP, putting China in fourth place worldwide, after the US, Germany and Brazil.

In 2006, a volunteer from Shanghai became China’s first stem cell donor and China has performed HSC transplants to over 5,000 patients at home and more than 200 overseas since. Malaysia is the 21st country to have received donations from the CMDP, which has uploaded HLA phenotype information on more than 820,000 volunteer donors to Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide.

Established in 1992, the CMDP has 31 provincial-level branches, 30 HLA typing labs, six HLA high-resolution confirmatory typing laboratories and one quality control lab. It works with more than 100 hospitals in China.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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