Nigeria Records Breakthrough In Sickle Cell Treatment

[abujagirl]

Hope came the way of sickle cell patients weekend when the management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) completely drained infected red blood cells from a 27-year-old patient and replaced it with un-infected ones.

Announcing the feat to journalists in a press conference, the chief medical director (CMD) of the hospital, Professor Michael Ibadin, said the success was achieved through a collaboration with the University of Basel Switzerland which provided the technical support and the machine identified as cobe spectra which would drain the blood through one arm and replace it through the other arm at the same time.

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[LequteMan]

This is good news. However until science finds a way to eradicate sickle cell anaemia completely, the best cure is to avoid birthing SS kids- by not procreating with a carrier if one is a carrier of the disease.

 

[Vunderkind]

Hm. Cobe spectra. Sounds so...exotic. Some diseases are long overdue for a cure. Sickle cell anemia is one of these...

 

[LequteMan]

Maybe SiR Vunderkind could be kind enough to take up medicine and profer the solution to this disease.

It'll do humanity a lot of good.

 

[Vunderkind]

I tried, sir. I tried, but the way the university system is set up...(>_<)