<p>Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram on Friday witnessed people in large numbers turning up offering stem cells to a seven-year-old boy fighting Leukemia.</p>.<p>Sreenandan, son of Renjith Babu of Thiruvananthapuam, was diagnosed with blood cancer couple of months back. Doctors at a private hospital in Kochi suggested blood stem cell transplant for saving his life.</p>.<p>Efforts to find a donor from the donors' registry available in the country and other countries failed as genetically matching donors could not be found. Hence a stem cell donation camp was initiated with the support of voluntary organisations.</p>.<p>Sreenandan's relative Joy said that around 4,500 donors had turned up at the camp and provided their specimens for checking genetic matching. Specimen were collected from persons in the 15-50 age group. People started turning up right from the morning hours of the camp.</p>.<p>Genetic matching of around ten lakh donors, including around six lakh in India, were so far done to find a suitable donor for Sreenandan. But no matching were found. Hence the present camp may be of help to many others across the world seeking stem cell treatment, said Joy.\</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram on Friday witnessed people in large numbers turning up offering stem cells to a seven-year-old boy fighting Leukemia.</p>.<p>Sreenandan, son of Renjith Babu of Thiruvananthapuam, was diagnosed with blood cancer couple of months back. Doctors at a private hospital in Kochi suggested blood stem cell transplant for saving his life.</p>.<p>Efforts to find a donor from the donors' registry available in the country and other countries failed as genetically matching donors could not be found. Hence a stem cell donation camp was initiated with the support of voluntary organisations.</p>.<p>Sreenandan's relative Joy said that around 4,500 donors had turned up at the camp and provided their specimens for checking genetic matching. Specimen were collected from persons in the 15-50 age group. People started turning up right from the morning hours of the camp.</p>.<p>Genetic matching of around ten lakh donors, including around six lakh in India, were so far done to find a suitable donor for Sreenandan. But no matching were found. Hence the present camp may be of help to many others across the world seeking stem cell treatment, said Joy.\</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>