UK teenager is world’s youngest stem cell donor

A 17-year-old girl has become the world’s youngest-ever stem cell donor after giving them to an anonymous stranger. Macclesfield sixth-former Victoria Rathmill signed up to the Anthony Nolan bone marrow register in February this year, when she was still 16 years old, and was identified as a match for a patient with blood cancer within just a few months. Her donation, which took place at the London Clinic in October, makes her the youngest person ever to provide stem cells for an unrelated transplant [i.e. to a non-relative], and has been hailed as an historic first. A-level student Victoria was