University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Hosting 'Be the Match' Event Thursday Night
February 20, 2018 | Women's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL - The University of North Carolina women's basketball team is proud to host a 'Be the Match' event on Thursday when the Tar Heels host Syracuse at Carmichael Arena at 7 p.m.
Be the Match' manages the largest and most diverse bone marrow registry in the world which aims to cure life-threatening blood cancers like leukemia. For patients with blood cancers like leukemia or other diseases, a marrow transplant can be a cure.
In order for it to work, the donor and recipient have to be very close genetic matches. It's more complicated than blood types. 70 percent of all patients don't have a matching donor in their family.
How do you sign up?
• The registration process takes less than 10 minutes.
• First, you'll fill out a health history form to ensure that you are eligible for donation.
• Then, you swab your cheek to provide a sample that Be The Match analyzes to learn your genetic tissue type.
• Once your sample is processed, you will be listed on the registry as an available donor to anyone in need until the age of 61.
Free t-shirts will be given out to the first 200 students arriving for Thursday's game against the Orange.
Be the Match' manages the largest and most diverse bone marrow registry in the world which aims to cure life-threatening blood cancers like leukemia. For patients with blood cancers like leukemia or other diseases, a marrow transplant can be a cure.
In order for it to work, the donor and recipient have to be very close genetic matches. It's more complicated than blood types. 70 percent of all patients don't have a matching donor in their family.
How do you sign up?
• The registration process takes less than 10 minutes.
• First, you'll fill out a health history form to ensure that you are eligible for donation.
• Then, you swab your cheek to provide a sample that Be The Match analyzes to learn your genetic tissue type.
• Once your sample is processed, you will be listed on the registry as an available donor to anyone in need until the age of 61.
Free t-shirts will be given out to the first 200 students arriving for Thursday's game against the Orange.
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