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On 8 March 2023 , Mbali Hlela Bulunga, a 12-year-old girl, passed through a portal of pain and went to her peace, after first being diagnosed with leukaemia six years earlier.
ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKAEMIA

Confronting grief, Part 3: Hope crests and crashes

Mbali’s second round of treatment first seemed to have worked. And then, six years after her first diagnosis of leukaemia, we had to face what no family is ever ready to face

  • Nontobeko Hlela
11 min read
The bone marrow registry recorded a 65% increase in registered youth donors, translating to more than 3 000 possible donors. (Getty)
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT

What’s behind SA’s surge in bone marrow stem cell donations?

The bone marrow registry recorded a 65% increase in registered youth donors, translating to more than 3 000 possible donors

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Lisa King, a Sangamo BioSciences Inc. research associate, isolates DNA at the Sangamo BioSciences lab in Point Richmond, California, U.S., on Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
BONE MARROW

More ethnically diverse bone marrow donors needed to save lives

The myth that regenerative stem cells are body parts has led to donor reluctance

  • Chris Bateman
7 min read