Dr Justin Du toit Inc

05/07/2024

Exciting News:

Our practice relocated to 4 Sherborne Road, La Casa Verde Haematology Centre, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193.

28/05/2024

🌍🩸 Today, we commemorate World Blood Cancer Day to raise awareness and show our support for those battling blood cancer. Every 27 seconds, someone receives this life-changing diagnosis and their hope for survival rests on people like you—the perfect stranger who can become a life-saving stem cell donor. 💪✨

By registering as a donor, you could be the match that saves a life. Help us make a difference, together. Let’s unite and ! ❤️🙏

Join us in this crucial mission. Share this post and encourage others to register. Together, we can help save lives.

14/05/2024

04/02/2023

Every 27 seconds someone in the world is diagnosed with blood cancer or a blood disorder and in many instances, a stem cell transplant is the only chance of survival.

The chance of finding a perfect genetic match for a blood cancer patient is 1 in 100 000, as a matching donor needs to be someone whose relevant HLA characteristics (tissue characteristics) are ideally a 100 percent match with the patient.

If you are between the ages of 18 – 55 years old and in general good health, request your swab kit today and you could be a potential match for a blood cancer patient in need of stem cell transplant . ⛑️

Request your free swab kit online at dkms-africa.org/register-now and join our registry of life savers. 😀

25/12/2022

28/11/2022

Become a Stem Cell Donor and save lives!

Zamaswazi Dlamini 6yrs – Fanconi Anaemia, Inamandla Nkwanyana 12yrs – Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and Luthando Majozi 16yrs – Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, have been diagnosed with life-
threatening illnesses that turned their lives upside down. You could be the lifesaving stem cell donor match that gives them a second chance at life.

If you are 18-55 years old and willing to help any of our patients, join us tomorrow at The Playhouse Company to register to become a blood stem cell donor, and if you are unable to make it register dkms-africa.org/register-now and you could be just the help that these girls need.

You can give hope in the 5 minutes it takes to register. The entire process is free from registration to donation.

23/11/2022

The National MS Society reviewed evidence on the use of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT) for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and concluded that aHSCT is a good treatment option for some people, specifically for people who have very aggressive relapsing-remitting MS who have not benefitted from disease modifying therapies (DMTs).

AHSCT is a type of bone marrow transplantation that attempts to reset the immune system, which is responsible for damaging the brain and spinal cord in MS. The stem cells used during the procedure are ‘autologous’ meaning they are derived from your own body.

AHSCT is a one-time procedure that can significantly reduce and potentially eliminate disease activity in some people. There are treatment risks including serious infections. Follow up and supportive care after the procedure is critical to reduce these risks.

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23/11/2022

Bone marrow. 👨‍⚕️

09/11/2022

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-11-09-south-africa-needs-more-ethnic-diversity-in-stem-cell-donor-registries/?fbclid=IwAR0l9gUSFuqdKp0ONp4AXLStiDhwDH78qOwpJDyT8icYSNgDh9Ov8vf3qac

Genetics plays an important role in finding a matching donor. Patients in need of a transplant are most likely to find a match among those from the same ethnic background as them. However, black and coloured people remain severely under-represented in donor registries.

30/08/2022

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This Bone Marrow, Stem Cell Donation and Leukaemia Awareness Month we help you understand more about how stem cell donation can help save lives. Thousands...