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Clemson PhD student donates peripheral blood stem cells to help save lives

Sep 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Clemson doctoral student Erika Hwang is helping save a total stranger by donating some of her peripheral blood stem cells. Hwang is working with Gift of Life to help save a man suffering from Acute Myelogenous Leukemia by donating peripheral blood stem cells. Her first donation was in December 2022. She is scheduled to make a second donation to the same patient on Sept. 11.

South Florida is stepping up to help give the gift of life

Aug 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Miami Beach Police and the Gift of Life Marrow Registry hosted a donor recruitment drive, Tuesday. The event encouraged officers, firefighters and community leaders to swab their cheeks in hopes of finding a match for patients suffering from various blood cancers. At the event, a leukemia survivor got to meet the hero who saved her life.

Blood stem cell recipient meets donor in Boca Raton

Aug 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Mitchell Stern of Boca Raton, who survived myelodysplastic disorder, a type of blood cancer, met his donor, Raphael Eidelman of Los Angeles at a Gift of Life Marrow Registry event.

100,000th Birthright Israel participant joins marrow registry

Aug 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

To date, 434 lifesaving transplants have been make thanks to Birthright alumni. This meaningful achievement is the result of a nearly two-decade partnership between Birthright Israel and the Gift of Life Marrow Registry.

Sisterhood is selflessly helping those in need

Aug 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

Approximately every three minutes, someone in the United States is diagnosed with a type of blood cancer. Through bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donations, though, there is hope for the more than 185,000 adults and children who will be diagnosed with blood cancer every year.

Gift of Life changing the lives of people in Palm Beach County

Jul 2023 MEDIA COVERAGE

WPTV video report on Gift of Life's Campus Ambassador Symposium in July, 2023, including the heartwarming meeting of 14-year-old Michael Johnson with Adam Leblanc, the stem cell donor who saved his life.

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