Five-year-old Jindra needs bone-marrow donor as leukemia treatment fails

While on a holiday in Spain, five-year-old Jindra fell ill and was later found to have acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia, a fast-growing blood cancer that produces immature T-lymphocytes. He has already undergone a thirty-day chemotherapy regimen that did not achieve the desired response, making a bone-marrow transplant the next critical step. Jindra’s family will learn within about a week whether any relatives match as potential donors.

To broaden the search, they are urging the wider community to register as donors. IKEM in Prague will host a registration event from 14 to 18 September, open to volunteers aged 18-41 who are in good health. The process involves a painless oral swab and aims to expand the donor registry for Jindra and other patients.