Layla Sands Waited For A Bone Marrow Donor As Long As She Could. She Got A Stem Cell Transplant Last Month.

Lansing State Journal, Lansing State Journal
Fri, 10/23/2020 - 4:00am

Layla Sands, 14, has dyskeratosis congenita, a rare genetic condition affecting 1 in 1 million people. She got a stem cell transplant in September.

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