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AED Halloween Gift of Life Bone Marrow Drive #3

Thu, Oct 26

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AED Marrow Drive(Located at Free Speech)

Come join AED's Third Marrow Drive of the semester while also enjoying some spooky fun!

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AED Halloween Gift of Life Bone Marrow Drive #3
AED Halloween Gift of Life Bone Marrow Drive #3

Time & Location

Oct 26, 2023, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

AED Marrow Drive(Located at Free Speech), 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA

About the event

AED's Bone Marrow Committee will be hosting its second bone marrow drive of the semester from 11AM-5PM. At this drive, AED members are invited to register into the Gift of Life Marrow registry or recommend other friends, family members, organizations, extracurriculars, etc. to register into the registry for hours. In short, our drive's mission is to add people into the marrow registry to help patients that are suffering from blood borne diseases such as Leukemia (blood cancer). Unfortunately, many patients we orient to help are suffering from blood borne diseases and no longer respond to the harsh radiation and chemotherapy treatments. As a result, their last chance of hope to extend their life is through a marrow transplant. However, in order to receive a transplant, patients must first find a match with someone who has the same HLA type. Therefore, to increase the already low chances of matching at 0.006%,…

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