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.