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Student project aimed at improving the survival chances of people diagnosed with leukaemia by finding donor matches as quickly and effectively as possible.

"A student-run not-for-profit project that aims to improve the survival chances of people diagnosed with leukaemia and other blood disorders, by recruiting interested persons, of all ethnicities, to become potential stem cell donors. Wits marrow, under the society Uplifted Life, aims to alert people to the procedure of stem cell extraction, and to break the common myths regarding being a donor. E

13/03/2016

Another chance to become a potential stem cell donor!
Date: 14 March 2016
Venue: Wits, Senate House
Get your self on the South African Bone Marrow Registry! Become a stem cell donor!
It only takes 20ml ( = 2 small yellow tubes).
Share a little, Save a life!

Photos from Wits Marrow's post 14/08/2015
Photos 21/07/2015

Get your self on the South African Bone Marrow Registry! Become a stem cell donor!
It only takes 20ml ( = 2 small yellow tubes).
Come through today at the Wits Medical School Adler Museum Foyer and take the first step in becoming a potential stem cell!
Share a little and save a life!

22/04/2015

THE DONOR. A call to action

11/04/2015

HOW TO BECOME A STEM CELL DONOR. A five minute animation detailing what happens when you decide to become a donor. No one could have explained it better

Photos 17/11/2014

Not forgotten...

BaNdAnA dAy 2014 12/10/2014

Photos from Wits Marrow's post 24/09/2014

*NowYouKnow* *IgnoranceAintBliss* *HaematologyBlock* *EnRouteBandanaDay* *12October2014* Leukaemia: Greek word for "White Blood" - means "Cancer of the white blood cells" "Leukaemia is the most common cancer in children and teens, accounting for almost 1 out of 3 cancers. Most childhood leukaemias are Acute Lymphoid Leukaemia (ALL). Most of the remaining cases are Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). Chronic leukaemias are rare in children" [text from http://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemiainchildren/ ]illustrations:
[http://howtoknowz.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/lukemia19-copy.png]
[http://coco-seo-img.blogspot.com/2014/03/leukemia-post-9.html]

LAUNCH!!! 13/08/2014
Photos 08/08/2014

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Sunflower fund fun run 07/08/2014

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