Article: AT LAST I CAN BE WITH ANTHONY; The plight of Anthony Nolan touched millions - and inspired his courageous mother to found a bone marrow register. But Shirley Nolan could not conquer her grief at his death. She saved thousands of lives - but this week she chose to take her own.

Article: Family and friends gather in Australia for funeral of British ...
AP Worldstream;  July 22, 2002 ;     387 words ... ... who pioneered setting up a register of bone marrow donors, spoke of her courage and tenacity ... son, Anthony, died 23 years ago of Wiscott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare immune system disease. A bone marrow transplant could have saved his life ...

Article: Mother who set up bone marrow register in attempt ...
AP Worldstream;  July 16, 2002 ;     433 words ... ... established a register of bone marrow donors in an unsuccessful ... died 23 years ago of Wiscott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare disease ... the immune system. A bone marrow transplant could have ... working in the field of bone marrow registers and she will ...

Article: Mother of bone marrow boy Anthony Nolan kills ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  July 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the world's first bone marrow donor register, has ... working in the field of bone marrow registers and she will ... called the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust, in 1974 to ... eight when he died from Wiscott-Aldrich syndrome, a deficiency ...

Article: Bone marrow pioneer takes fatal overdose
The Scotsman;  July 17, 2002 ;     583 words ... ... the world's first bone marrow register that now has ... before her son died from Wiscott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare deficiency ... fight infection. A bone marrow transplant could have ... working in the field of bone marrow registers and she will ...

Article: J.M. Mattingly, Leonardtown Mayor, Dies
The Washington Post;  May 10, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... May 8 at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis, where he had undergone liver and bone marrow transplants. He had Wiscott-Aldrich syndrome, a hereditary disease that affects the bloodstream. A resident of Gaithersburg, Dluzak ...

Article: SA: Adelaide mother finally recognised for pioneering work
AAP General News (Australia);  January 3, 2000 ;     447 words ... ... establishing the world's first bone marrow register Adelaide's Shirley ... done to help those in need of bone marrow transplants, the honour was ... was diagnosed with the rare Wiscott Aldrich bone marrow disease in 1974. No bone marrow ...

Article: Transplant for brave Philip.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  March 7, 2001 ;     370 words ... ... night recovering after a bone marrow transplant operation in ... from Bangor, suffers from Wiscott-Aldrich syndrome, a bone marrow disease which affects only ... have not transplanted many Wiscott-Aldrich patients before,'' she ...