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.

To find out more visit our local Belfast Marrow website!