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Health | 18.06.10 | 12:25

Stem cells for a transplant: An Iranian-Armenian saves a Belgian life

By Karine Ionesyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
A center in Yerevan that opened recently as part of a larger donor registry to harvest stem cells for transplants has registered its first success this week as its collection has proved life-saving for a patient in Europe.

The stem cells of Frederic Safarian, an Iranian-Armenian, matched with those of a non-Armenian woman living in Belgium and suffering from a grave blood-related illness. The transplant was successfully performed on Thursday night in Belgium.

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