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Hillel Hosts Bone Marrow Typing Drive

Goldschmidt said the response was more than she had expected.

“People were very enthusiastic and asked about how they could help.”

While this is the only planned bone marrow drive on campus, the Gift of Life database is running more campaigns across colleges.

“Recently there were drives at Brandeis, George Washington and Bernard colleges,” Goldschmidt said.

Samples collected yesterday will be forwarded for tests at the Gift of Life labs, and successful applicants will be entered in the bone marrow registry database.

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The database is shared so that doctors nationwide can search for matches for their patients.

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