Article: Selfless sacrifice of the bone marrow donors helps so many to stay alive.(News)

Article: MINORITY DONORS NEEDED FOR BONE MARROW ...
The Virginian Pilot;  September 19, 1996 ;     634 words ... ... only 1.3 percent of all bone-marrow donors are black. Blacks ... Drew Ross, who directs the bone-marrow program for Virginia Blood Service in Richmond. ``Well ... Americans hesitate to donate bone marrow: Lack of awareness. Religious ...

Article: Fiancee in desperate appeal to help find bone ...
Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England);  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... will go on the national bone marrow register. Byron said ... You can also join the bone marrow register through the National Blood Service. To sign a petition calling ... schools about joining the bone marrow register, log on to petitions ...

Article: Blair pledge to parents over donor; Alice's wonderland: Building ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  July 31, 2001 ;     516 words ... ... in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. During the ... raise awareness of the Bone Marrow Registry after very little ... finding Alice a suitable bone marrow transplant through the National Blood Service. During their meeting ...

Article: IT'S ALL THANKS TO OUR SUDDERS; Adrian boosts bone ...
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  June 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... cases donating bone marrow is similar to ... The British Bone Marrow register is run by the National Blood Service and is one of ... at a National Blood Service clinic. Make ... importance of bone marrow donation

Article: Blair takes up bone marrow case
The Scotsman;  August 11, 2001 ;     588 words ... ... Yorkshire, said the decision by the National Blood Service to accept bone marrow samples from new blood donors across the country ... Registry must first donate blood to the National Blood Service. But until now, first-time blood donors could ...

Article: We don't need any tea Mr Blair, just help us to save our brave ...
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  July 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... hope of a cure is to have a bone marrow transplant. To be successful ... in-four chance that the bone marrow of one of her parents or her ... elsewhere. Although the National Blood Service (NBS) has a bone marrow register, Carol explains ...

Article: Alison respondsto Swedish SOS ; A Brave woman who gave the gift ...
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;  January 17, 2008 ;     610 words ... ... placed on the British Bone Marrow Register (BBMR ... area and 1,432 on the bone marrow register. Craig Taylor ... spokesman for the National Blood Service, said: "It's vitally ... Giving blood and bone marrow can save lives so we ...