Thursday, Jun 25th 2026
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Tag: leukaemia

Cure for acute leukemia within reach

Hebrew University drug trials show 50% cure rate in lab mice

A miraculous match

A Melbourne leukaemia patient has met the Sydney donor whose stem cells have saved his life...and both men were originally from South Africa.

Call to Australian rabbis to seek community help

The Gift of Life is appealing to all rabbis throughout Australia to ask suitable members of their congregations at Yom Kippur services to donate blood in an effort to save six Jewish lives.

Gift of Life at work

Three men linked to each other through the Gift of Life donor program have met Australian program organiser Shula Endrey-Walder in New York.