17/11/2018
Stem Cell Registry India conducted a registration camp with collaboration of Leo Club New Horizon Host in the New Horizon College campus on 12th of October. It was about educating potential volunteers and encouraging them to register themselves in the global database for the stem cell registry which mainly focuses on curing leukemia and other related blood diseases.
The Stem Cell process is what can potentially save a life of a blood cancer ailing patient. Here when the registered volunteer comes up as a match to the patient, the donor’s stem cells, with his permission, are collected from his blood stream (rarely from the hip bone) and then processed and then it is replaced in the patient’s blood stream and thus saving the patient’s life.
This event was actually just a registration camp where the registry officials and the Leo club collected the buccal swabs of the volunteers and explained them about the process of what will happen when and if they come up as a match in the global database.
We had a good number of volunteers turning up for this event and had a wholesome registration of around 350. This event can be considered as a complete success.
