GROSSETO – From 16 to 24 September, Admo, the bone marrow donor association, returns to Italy’s main squares with the “Match It Now” campaign, which aims to invite young people aged 18 to 35 to sign up for the services of an Italian bone marrow donor. register bone (Ibmdr) using a blood or saliva sample.
Since 1990, the association has been active with the main goal of informing the Italian population about the possibility of bone marrow donation as the only cure for many patients who, suffering from leukemia or other blood pathologies, require a transplant to overcome the disease and return to normal life. live. A transplant can only be achieved thanks to a compatible donor, but such compatibility within a family is a very rare variable and therefore it is almost always necessary to contact a donor registry: only 1 in 100,000 may be the “right type”.
Tremendous progress has been made in the field of medicine, thanks to which donation has become a completely safe and non-invasive process. Remember that bone marrow is not the spinal cord. Registration in the Register is possible from 18 to 35 years old, weighing at least 50 kg and in good health. Actual donation of bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cells
is characterized by a safe procedure and can change your life for the better, as well as save it.
After several years marked by a sharp decline in enrollment caused by the Covid-19 health emergency, the number of new enrollees is growing in 2023 thanks to the resumption of activities that Admo implements every day in schools and universities.
Match in Now’s goal for 2023 is to reach 1,000 new types. In recent years, there have been many famous faces who have been involved with bone marrow donation or transplantation: from Violante Guidotti Bentivoglio to Beppe Sala, from Alessandro Baricco and Emma Marrone, to name some of the most famous, and the many celebrities with whom they have worked. has fought to raise awareness for years, from Cindy Crawford to Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez to Hugh Jackman. A small sample of blood or saliva is enough to enter the registry and, if compatible, provide the opportunity to donate stem cells to a patient suffering from leukemia or other brain disease.
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In Grosseto, volunteers will be present on Saturday, September 23, from 15:00 to 20:00 in Piazza Duomo to provide information about bone marrow donation and assist the potential donor with the registration process. For this occasion, it will be possible to register directly on the spot with a simple saliva sample, thanks to the presence of doctors and nurses of the Misericordia Hospital, as well as thanks to the mobile medical clinic provided by the Red Cross of Grosseto.
Pre-registration for inclusion in the donor registry can be done here: www.donatoriadmo.org by selecting the event “Match it Now 2023: Grosseto”. For more information, contact the association secretariat: 338-4266318 (also WhatsApp) info@admotoscana.it.