Marrow

elizabeth.curtis [at] medschool.ox.ac.uk

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 betwen 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.

To join, all it takes is to fill in a form, give a simple blood sample and to make the commitment that if the time came, you would give a little of your bone marrow to save a life.

Marrow groups operate in universities across the UK - our aim is to offer every student the chance to join the stem cell register. Students make ideal candidates - they're young, they're healthy and - as a population - they're ethnically diverse.

Marrow works with the Anthony Nolan Trust to recruit potential donors onto their stem cell register.

More information about Marrow at the national level is available on the Medsin website

Committee

President: Beth Curtis