"The Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre, based at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre (QMC), will help more people across the UK donate potentially life-saving cells to patients with blood cancers and disorders. The Anthony Nolan charity said the centre would create 1,300 new donation slots a year, helping to tackle a "longstanding global shortage of cell collection facilities". Jordan, from London, said he was "proud" to be one of the first to donate. "I am really happy because today I could save someone's life," he added."
"Jordan was called by the charity to donate stem cells after analysis of a saliva sample he gave nine years ago, when he signed up to the stem cell register at a freshers' fair at the University of Exeter, proved to be a good match to a stranger. "It is such an easy thing to do to help someone else," he said. "I'm not the biggest fan of needles, but I'm happy to do anything if it helps another person.""
The Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre will provide 1,300 new donation slots annually to expand access to stem cell transplants for patients with blood cancers and disorders. The centre will be run by the Anthony Nolan charity in partnership with the NIHR Nottingham Clinical Research Facility. Anthony Nolan has over 900,000 people on its donor register. A longstanding global shortage of cell collection facilities and rising demand have constrained donation capacity; in 2022–23 only one in five donors could give on the date requested. Delayed transplants can have irreversible mental and physical health impacts for patients.
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