Tag: Be The Match

Cancer Survivor And Illusionist Jim Munroe Partners With Be The Match® To Make Cancer Disappear

Stuart Mitchell

Jim Munroe, famed magician and leukemia survivor, has partnered with Be The Match®—the organization that found his blood stem cell match and helped save his life—to Make Cancer Disappear. Make Cancer Disappear is an expansive, social media-driven fundraising and awareness movement that will launch September 2018 in conjunction with National Blood Cancer Awareness Month. The goals of the campaign are to raise $250,000 for Be The Match and to encourage 15,000 people to join the Be The Match Registry®. Featuring celebrities and magicians from all over the world, the effort…

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Be The Match Launches “My People. My Family. Mi Sangre.” Campaign to Tackle Urgently Low Hispanic Representation on Blood Stem Cell Registry

Stuart Mitchell

With a shortage of Hispanic blood stem cell donors, Hispanic patients in need of a transplant only have a 46 percent chance at finding a donor match – and a cure. At the onset, one-month-old Bruno Lara had a fever that was hard to control. After two months of being in the hospital, Bruno was diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), an extremely rare and life-threatening immunodeficiency. His hope for a cure lies in finding a blood stem cell donor. Right now, thousands of patients with HLH, blood cancer and other…

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Johnson & Johnson, Be The Match, and DoSomething.org Team Up With Duo Ayo & Teo For Give a Spit About Cancer Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

According to the American Cancer Society, in 2018, there will be an estimated 1,735,350 new cancer cases diagnosed. Of that figure, an estimated 10,590 new cancer cases will be diagnosed among children 0 to 14 years of age. 70% of patients who need a bone marrow transplant rely on a complete stranger for a lifesaving donation, but black patients only have a 23% chance of finding a donor match. That’s why DoSomething.org, one of the largest organizations for young people and social change, and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up…

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