Calling all sports fans – Could you give a cheek swab to save baby Francis’ life?

Meet baby Francis from Walton in Liverpool.  At just three months old, this beautiful boy has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, also known as AML.

When he was six weeks old, his mum, Anna, noticed an unexplained bruise on his arm, and he was given blood tests.  When initial tests failed to detect anything unusual, a bone marrow test was conducted after the tot became ill and lethargic.