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Vivienne Aitken

Scots lad treated using newborn's umbilical cord is now cancer free

A boy’s life was saved by the donation of a baby’s umbilical cord from a stranger.

Riley Maclennan, seven, is now free from cancer and has become the face of World Cancer Day in Scotland.

The youngster, from Inverness, received a stem cell transplant from the cord in September after the disease came back for a second time.

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