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Bone marrow drive in Branford hopes to find donor for 8-year-old battling Leukemia

Oct 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Gift of Life and the Branford community held a bone marrow drive Saturday morning for a young boy battling leukemia for the second time.

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Stem cell transplant saves the life of a UChicago Medicine leukemia patient — and his donor, too

Sep 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Shortly after Marquis Williams received a stem cell transplant for his tough-to-treat leukemia, he thanked his donor for saving his life. And, in an unusual twist, she later thanked him for saving her life.

School's decades-old stem cell and bone marrow registration drive saves lives

Sep 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Andy Katz has taught at Landon School in Bethesda for more than 30 years. As senior dean, wrestling coach and mentor, he tries to give students tools to grapple with problems in the classroom, on the mat and in life.

THE CHARLES BRONFMAN PRIZE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN IMPACT

Sep 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

The Charles Bronfman Prize celebrated its 20th Anniversary this week honoring Prize Laureates of the last two decades, who work across a diverse set of areas—the arts, human rights, education, poverty, and the environment—aiding millions, driving impactful policy change, and creating new avenues and paradigms for humanitarian relief, as they respond to the most pressing issues of our time.

Stem cell transplant saves the life of a UChicago Medicine leukemia patient — and his donor, too

Sep 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

Shortly after Marquis Williams received a stem cell transplant for his tough-to-treat leukemia, he thanked his donor for saving his life. And, in an unusual twist, she later thanked him for saving her life.

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AEPi, Gift of Life Marrow Registry achieve major milestones

Sep 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE

In 2004, Alpha Epsilon Pi International Fraternity (AEPi), the world’s leading Jewish college fraternity, launched a partnership with the Gift of Life Marrow Registry to raise awareness among college students about the life-saving potential of blood stem-cell and marrow transplants.