COLUMBUS, Ohio â€" The National Bone Marrow program is holding a bone marrow drive on Monday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteer donors can help save the lives of 35,000 children and adults who develop life threatening disease each year.
(Media-Newswire.com) - COLUMBUS, Ohio – The National Bone Marrow program is holding a bone marrow drive on Monday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Volunteer donors can help save the lives of 35,000 children and adults who develop life threatening disease each year.
This year’s drive will be held at The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, 300 W. 10th Ave., room 518A. Potential donors need to be between the ages of 18 and 60 years old and in good health. Donor registration takes 15-20 minutes and participants will be asked to fill out a health questionnaire, sign a consent form and give a cheek-cell swab.
All fees associated with becoming a donor are covered by a grant from the National Bone Marrow Program. For more information, please call The James Line at 614-293-5066.
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Kristina Day Medical Center Communications 614-293-3737 Kristina.Day@osumc.edu
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