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Gift of Life Marrow Registry Names Dr. Yen-Michael Hsu as Co-Chief Medical Officer

Aug 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Gift of Life Marrow Registry today announced the appointment of Yen-Michael Hsu, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, CABP as Co-Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Hsu's medical oversight includes the activities of the Gift of Life Center for Cell and Gene Therapy and Gift of Life-NMDP Collection Center.

Stem cell registry match helps Kansas woman save man’s life

Jul 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

In 2010, Melissa Kingston joined the Gift of Life Marrow Registry while on a Birthright trip to Israel with the KU Hillel student group. That decision led her to save a man's life through a blood stem cell donation.

The Hillel Dance-a-thon That Saved a Life

Jul 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

When college student Alex Davidson attended a dance marathon hosted by the University of Maryland to raise money for Children’s National Hospital in 2013, the last thing he expected was to kick off a series of events that would save the life of a little girl.

A Special Moment at Fenway today...

Jul 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

A special moment at Fenway today, as a member of The Gift Of Life Marrow Registry donor met his recipient for the first time.

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Giving the Gift of Life

Jul 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Allison Micale signed up for a bone marrow and blood stem cell donor registry in 2021 when a registry organization visited her sorority chapter at the University of Miami. Then, in February of her senior year...Micale received life-changing news: she was a match for a woman battling leukemia.

RKYHS Alum Donates Bone Marrow

Jun 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

One morning a few months ago, Sam Shulman (JKHA ‘15/RKYHS ‘19) saw an email in his inbox from the Gift of Life Registry. Intrigued, he opened it and to his surprise, he read that he had matched as a stem cell donor.