29Oct/18

Colchester MP Will Quince supports DKMS by signing up to be blood stem cell donor – Gazette


Gazette

Colchester MP Will Quince supports DKMS by signing up to be blood stem cell donor
Gazette
Mr Quince signed up to become a donor during a special event at the House of Commons, organised by fellow MP, Mike Wood. He said: “Currently, only six out of ten blood cancer patients in the UK find an unrelated matching blood stem cell donor.

29Oct/18

Waterloo woman, 20 Under 40 winner donates kidney to mom – Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier


Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Waterloo woman, 20 Under 40 winner donates kidney to mom
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
She received two others from deceased donors — the first in 1991 that lasted for eight years, and the second in 2002 that lasted until this year. The average transplant from a deceased donor lasts 10 years, but a living donor’s organ can last 18 years