Delete Blood Cancer UK is asking for people in York to register as potential blood stem cell donors this Valentine’s Day to see if they could be someone’s life-saving match partner.
The donor recruitment charity said that, while many people will be looking for a romantic match for Valentine’s Day, around 1,800 people in the UK with blood cancer are searching for someone with a matching tissue type who could help save their life by donating some of their blood stem cells to them.
There are currently 938 people in York that are registered as potential blood stem cell donors with Delete Blood Cancer UK and the charity is calling on more to register.
Jenny Clegg, head of communications at Delete Blood Cancer UK, said: “You could find your perfect match in more ways than one this Valentine’s Day. Registering online as a potential blood stem cell donor only takes a few minutes, but it could lead to you giving decades to someone else.
"Please take a few minutes this Valentine’s Day to register to see if you could be someone’s life-saving match.”
You can register online and request a cheek swab kit which will enable you to do your own tissue test to become a potential blood stem cell donor deletebloodcancer.org.uk
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