A mother of two from Nottingham who has chosen to anonymous has donated her blood to help a toddler in Florida with cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zainab Mughal, 2-years-old, who lives in Florida, suffers from neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer that mostly affects babies and young children. S She also has one of the rarest blood types in the world and more than 1,000 people were tested in a global search to find a donor match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zainab’s blood is missing an antigen known as “Indian B”. Most people carry the antigen in their red blood cells, non-profit organisation OneBlood said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only donors likely to be a match are people of exclusively Pakistani, Indian or Iranian descent with blood type O or A, and fewer than 4% of such people will be missing the Indian B antigen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Nottingham donor, who is aged 50 and of British-Indian origin, said she felt “very humbled” to play “a small part” in helping Zainab’s treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I do hope the publicity encourages more people to donate, especially from the Asian community,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Even a single donation can make a massive difference to someone who needs it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two other donors have been found in the US, but doctors believe at least seven to 10 people will be needed to contribute throughout the course of Zainab’s treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NHSBT consultant haematologist Dr Rekha Anand, who manages the UK’s rare donor panel, said: “The credit goes to all our British donors, whose altruism is the key.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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