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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Storm Newton

Family of three-month-old boy with aggressive rare cancer searching for stem cell DNA match

Anthony Nolan

A family whose lives were “turned upside down” when their three-month-old baby was diagnosed with an aggressive and rare blood cancer are searching for a stem cell DNA match to maximise his chances of survival.

Francis, from Walton, Liverpool, was described by his mother Anna as a “joyful” baby who “hardly ever cried”.

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