Marrow Facts

Now for the nitty gritty - here are a few marrow facts!

You give good marrow!  Both men and women aged 18-40 are welcome to join our bone marrow register, but The Anthony Nolan Trust urgently needs more male donors aged 18-25. There are not enough young men on our register,  meaning patients may be missing out on lifesaving treatment.

The Anthony Nolan Trust urgently needs more young people from all over the UK to join its register, especially those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.

• Men’s bone marrow is preferred for a number of clinical reasons,  the main one being it provides a greater volume of blood stem cells than that of female donors. This assists with faster formation of the patient’s immune system post-transplant. If there is a choice of donor for a patient in most cases the patient’s transplant centre will select a male donor.

• Celebrity male supporters of the register include Hollywood actor David Harewood and sportsmen Anton Ferdinand, Mike Catt, Lawrence Dallaglio, Adrian Chiles and Richard Hill.

• Joining the register is easier than you think. Simply click on the registration page for details of what you need to do next.
  
  
• The Anthony Nolan Trust manages and recruits new donors to the UK’s most successful bone marrow register and provides life-saving donors for patients in need of a bone marrow transplant.

For more information on how you could become a bone marrow donor click here.

I’ve been growing marrows ever since I can remember, it’s no easy job, but it is very rewarding and over the years I have won many awards and titles - you could say I’m quite well known in my field.  For me growing a champion marrow is like scoring the winning goal at Wembley.

It’s not the size of the marrows that’s important but the quality, the best are aged between 18 and 25 years – surprising but true!  Unfortunately there are some people out there who aren’t lucky enough to have such healthy marrows but thanks to the marrow register it is now possible help them using marrow transplants.

Now, if you’re a marrow grower out there, and I know there are plenty of you who are, then please join the register.  I am a founder member and trust me it’s amazing what you can do for your marrows.  Keeping them healthy is an international challenge and through the register we’ve been able to help marrows from all over the world from USA to India to Italy and beyond! 

Marrows are really important to my life I think they should be to everyone. If you’re interested in hearing more check out the rest of my website – you could save a life.