Just 3,100 people are thought to be diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in the UK each year.
Three-month-old Francis’s mother took him to see a doctor after noticing bruises on his arm
He was given blood tests after she spotted an unexplained bruise on his arm when he was just six weeks old. Francis has been admitted to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool where he will undergo chemotherapy before being transferred to Manchester Children’s Hospital in November. Henny Braund, chief executive of Anthony Nolan, said: “It would mean everything to Francis’s family to find him a donor before November when he will need his transplant.
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