Anthony Nolan
Anthony Nolan
Anthony Nolan (pronounced An-tho-ny No-lan) is a UK charity that works in the areas of leukaemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It manages and recruits donors to the Anthony Nolan Register, which is a list of potential bone marrow donors. The charity also carries out research to help make bone marrow transplants more effective.
Etymology
The charity is named after Anthony Nolan, a boy who suffered from a rare genetic disorder known as Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. His mother, Shirley Nolan, set up the charity in 1974 in an attempt to find a matching bone marrow donor for her son.
Related Terms
- Bone marrow: The spongy tissue inside some of your bones, such as your hip and thigh bones. It contains immature cells, called stem cells.
- Stem cell: A cell with the unique ability to develop into specialised cell types in the body.
- Leukaemia: A group of cancers that usually begins in the bone marrow and results in high numbers of abnormal white blood cells.
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A procedure that infuses healthy blood stem cells into your body to replace your damaged or diseased bone marrow.
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: A rare X-linked recessive disease characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia (low platelet count), immune deficiency, and bloody diarrhea (secondary to the thrombocytopenia).
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Anthony Nolan
- Wikipedia's article - Anthony Nolan
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