Asia's first life-saving cord blood to save baby brother
According to Taiwan media reports, by the end of January this year, was born at National Taiwan University Hospital's first case of Asia "life-saving baby", her umbilical cord blood transplant for a few days ago suffering from severe thalassemia brother, the successful completion of life-saving mission. Two-year-old boy, "Chen Chen" was born two weeks later found suffering from severe thalassemia, a doctor said that unless the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or to be life-long blood transfusion, scheduled to play iron pin. Parents hope that the next of kin to give birth to a child to do transplants, National Taiwan University Hospital Ethics Committee agreed to help build a "life-saving baby", is the world's first "whole genome amplification technique" to artificial reproductive baby.

Is a life-saving baby girls, born 110 ml of cord blood taken from Stand-by, on April 17 this year at National Taiwan University Hospital for transplant. Responsible for the transplant of a pediatrician at National Taiwan University said that the brother who is still with the thalassemia gene, but the disease has been cured, the younger sister into the blood system, in the future do not have blood transfusion, iron pin row has been suspended, June Day and discharged home.

The girl's mother said by telephone yesterday, two brothers and sisters will grow up support ordinary happiness, but it will not tell them the story of life-saving hand-foot-brother and sister.