Doctors have performed the first haploidentical transplant at the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) unit of SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack where State government offers BMT free of cost for both cancerous and blood diseases.
Haplo-BMT is a revolutionary life-saving procedure as it enables transplant from half-matched donors. Parents, children and other relatives like uncles, cousins and aunts, who would half-match, can become donors by this procedure.
According to doctors, Human Leucocytic Antigen (HLA) matching is mandatory for successful Allogenic BMT. Earlier 90-100% HLA matching from sibling donor (brother or sister) was accepted for Allogenic BMT with very high success rate (60-70%). Rejection of donor was high in the Allogenic BMT due to stem cell mismatch.
