Worldwide search for a donor for Lara Casalotti,a student with Thai-Italian background, ends after match has been foundAfter a worldwide search for a stem cell donor who could match the scarce Thai-Italian background of a student suffering from leukaemia, or one has been found – a chance described as “a needle in a haystack” when the hunt was launched.
The search for a matching donor for Lara Casalotti,from London but with Thai and Italian origin parents, was backed by celebrities including Stephen Fry, and JK Rowling and Mark Wahlberg,who helped spread the word of the match4lara campaign through their social media posts.
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Source: theguardian.com