Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Lisa Freed
561-297-3022,
lfreed@fau.edu
FAU’s Minority Association of Pre-Professional Students to Host Bone Marrow Registry Drive
WHAT:
Florida Atlantic University’s Minority Association of
Pre-Professional
Students (MAPS) to Host Bone Marrow
Registry
Drive.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
WHERE:
FAU’s Boca
Raton campus
Marleen
and Harold Forkas Alumni Center
777
Glades Road, Boca Raton
COST: Free and open to the public
CONTACT: For
more information, contact Clarissa Alexander
at
954-662-2719 or
CALEXA12@fau.edu.
The Bone Marrow Register Drive kick-off is designed to help people diagnosed with blood cancer. To be tested, volunteers simply will have their mouths swabbed. The analysis of the collected saliva indicates whether the potential donor shares six of 10 bone marrow antigens with a patient on the registry, which will be discussed at a later date. If a match is found, the volunteer then has the option of donating their bone marrow to the patient in need.
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