Legogal Posted January 20, 2016 Only 3 per cent of donors worldwide are of mixed race. My cousin's niece is half Italian and half Chinese/Thai and needs a bone marrow transplant ASAP. All you have to do is spit in a cup to see if you are a match. Google match4lara to get info about how to register in your country. This will help all mixed race folks seeking donors in the future, people like my one year old granddaughter, who is Chinese/Caucasian. Lara is a pretty cool Brit who has spent years studying and helping refugees find better lives. She has ACL, a deadly form of leukemia/blood cancer. Now is time time to register and help others like her. Thanks for your participation! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmperZand Posted February 5, 2016 I'm already on the Anthony Nolan register of donors and have twice gone through to the second round of testing and provided a blood sample. Unfortunately, in both cases, I wasn't required in the end. It's true that all it takes to see if you can help is a saliva sample (it used to require a blood sample). But if it turns out you are needed as a donor, it's more involved than that. There is then a 90% chance that you'll be required to spend 4 to 5 hours hooked up to a machine in a hospital after having received injections for a few days prior to that, and a 10% chance that you will have to have an operation under general anaesthetic in which doctors make a hole in your hip bone and draw out some of your bone marrow. Both are small prices to pay for a chance to save someone's life but a bit more than just spitting in a tube. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
