bone marrow

The regional blood bank is calling on those of African descent to donate as soon as they can to save the life of a woman with sickle cell disease in need of a rare blood type combination.

A chance swab by a Florida Gulf Coast University student found her to be a stem cell match for a patient with a rare cancer. Two years later, they met midcourt at a basketball game on campus.

Florida hospitals are battling about cancer treatment and the appropriate level of state regulation of bone-marrow transplants.