Every year, thousands of people worldwide with diseases like leukaemia reach a stage in their illness where their only hope of survival is a bone marrow stem cell transplant.
Trouble is, successful transplants depend on careful matching between the donor and recipient.
Sometimes a family member makes a good stem cell donor, but when they don't, doctors must turn to organisations like The Anthony Nolan Trust. They maintain a register of people who are willing to donate their stem cells.
The more people on the register, the more likely it is that a suitable match can be found for everyone who needs a transplant.
Trouble is, successful transplants depend on careful matching between the donor and recipient.
Sometimes a family member makes a good stem cell donor, but when they don't, doctors must turn to organisations like The Anthony Nolan Trust. They maintain a register of people who are willing to donate their stem cells.
The more people on the register, the more likely it is that a suitable match can be found for everyone who needs a transplant.
What is Marrow?
Marrow is a student run organisation working alongside The Anthony Nolan Trust. Cardiff Marrow is one of about 25 Marrow groups in universities across the country set up by healthcare students. Each of the groups across the UK has one common aim: TO GIVE EVERY STUDENT THE CHANCE TO JOIN THE BONE MARROW REGISTER.We run recruitment clinics at halls of residence and other venues throughout the year where students can sign up to the register. We have also held some clinics outside the university for the general public. For more information on clinics, see our subpage in the menu.
As well as clinics we also do a considerable amount of fundraising, past and future events can be found on the Fundraising subpage.
Interested?
Email us at cardiffmarrow@yahoo.com to find out more.
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