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'I want to hug him and never let go': Family meets donor who saved son's life

Nov 2019 MEDIA COVERAGE

A toddler in Bolivia was suffering from a disease his only two brothers had already died of. This week, Nicholas Torrico and his family met the man who saved his life.

Redding woman donates bone marrow, saves life of a father

Nov 2019 MEDIA COVERAGE

A 25-year-old Redding, Connecticut woman meets the Arizona man who was battling deadly Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) until she saved his life by donating her bone marrow. Jennie Bunce joined Gift of Life Marrow Registry through a sorority swab drive at North Carolina’s High Point University in 2016.

Perfect match: How Birthright alumni saved the lives of 100s of strangers

Nov 2019 MEDIA COVERAGE

In August 2013, Jeffrey Altadonna, who was on a Birthright trip, was tested at a swab drive to recruit new registry members to become potential bone marrow or stem cell transplant matches at the Jerusalem Gate Hotel. Nearly five years to the day since he was tested, he was matched to a perfect stranger who needed his life-saving blood stem cells.

Seth Akins active again after transplant

Nov 2019 MEDIA COVERAGE

After an eight month battle with a rare blood disease, Seth Akins got the miracle he and his family had been praying for — a lifesaving bone marrow transplant at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. At 10 years old, Akins was diagnosed in January 2017 with aplastic anemia.

Gift of Life Stem Cell Donation Saves Baby's Life

Nov 2019 MEDIA COVERAGE

Brooke saved Sebastian's life. They met at the One Huge Night Gala in Los Angeles on Nov. 4, 2019 at The Beverly Hilton.

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A Simple Swab: Dance Team holds stem cell drive to help cure blood cancer

Oct 2019 MEDIA COVERAGE

Certain forms of blood cancer can only be cured through stem cell and bone marrow transplants. The varsity dance team teamed up with the Gift of Life Marrow Registry to get more peope involved by holding a stem cell drive. If anyone who participated in the drive is a match, they will be asked to donate.