Arkansas State University-Newport will host a Bone Marrow Donor Drive on campus Thursday, March 29 from 10am until 7pm and Saturday, March 31 from 9am until 1pm in the Student/Community Center, Merchants & Planters Insurance and Investments room. A bone marrow transplant is a lifesaving treatment for people with leukemia, lymphoma and many other diseases. First, patients undergo chemotherapy and sometimes radiation to destroy their diseased marrow. Then a donor's healthy blood-forming stem cells are transfused directly into the patient's bloodstream, where they can begin to function and multiply. For a patient's body to accept these healthy cells, the patient needs a donor who is a close match. Seventy percent of patients cannot find a matching donor within their family and depend on the national registry to find an unrelated bone marrow donor. Even with a registry of millions, 6 out of 10 patients NEVER receive the lifesaving transplant they need. Donors of all ethnicities are needed to change this. To see if you can be a bone marrow donor and to read about the process of testing and donating, go to http://www.dkmsamericas.org and click on Get Educated.

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ASUN to host Bone Marrow Donor Drive

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