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Chattanooga Student Surprised to be a Gift of Life Donor

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

Most of us like to give gifts to others. Sometimes they’re small or sentimental—-but they can be once in a lifetime events. At the top of the list is the "gift of life", and a UTC student had the chance to do that. Page McCoy had developed leukemia—-some didn’t give her much hope.

NCAA-bound UIC softball pitcher driven to expand bone-marrow donor pool

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

On the morning of a game at Youngstown State earlier this season, Illinois-Chicago softball pitcher Karissa Frazier arrived armed for a successful road trip. Frazier packed enough kits to perform cheek swabs on Youngstown State players who had agreed to add their samples to a worldwide bone-marrow registry.

Bone marrow basketball tournament comes to ECU Saturday

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

East Carolina junior Cam Walker will hold a basketball tournament on ECU’s campus Saturday in order to work towards gaining numbers for the national registry list of bone marrow donors for patients in need of transplants.

MANNY VALDÉS, UN LATINO QUE NECESITA TRANSPLANTE DE MEDULA ÓSEA

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

¿Sabía usted que el 55 por ciento de los pacientes hispanos de cáncer y el 75 por ciento de los pacientes multirraciales nunca son emparejados con los donantes que pueden salvar sus vidas? El sur de la Florida tiene más de 2,5 millones de hispanos y el Regalo de la Vida Marrow Registry está instando a la comunidad para ayudar a salvar vidas, incluyendo local de la Florida residente, Manny Valdés.

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Lymphoma Survivor Meets Woman Who Saved His Life with Stem Cell Donation

May 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

Almost two years after Peter Levine received a stem cell donation to treat his non-Hodgkin T-cell lymphoma from a stranger, the Boston native had a chance to thank the donor — 24-year-old Cheryl Rosenberg — at the third annual Gift of Life Marrow Registry Steps for Life 5K run held in that city on April 30.

Stem Cell Donor, Recipient Meet At Chestnut Hill 5K Race

Apr 2017 MEDIA COVERAGE

A Bostonian who's life was saved by a stem cell transplant met his donor for the first time at the Boston Steps for Life 5K Run and Walk in Chestnut Hill Sunday. Peter Levine, 67, was told he should look into a stem cell transplant after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin T-cell Lymphoma.