A campaign hopes to save lives by increasing stem cell donors from different ethnic backgrounds.
A town-wide recruitment drive to find more stem cell donors from different ethnic backgrounds is being held.
The campaign in Luton hopes to boost survival chances for blood cancer patients by creating a more diverse donor register. Students are being asked to do a cheek swab at Luton Sixth Form College and the University of Bedfordshire."For somebody with blood cancer the stem cell transplant is often their only chance," she added.
"They've had chemotherapy and it doesn't work and a stem cell transplant is the only thing that could save them."Anthony Nolan said patients who were white had a 72% chance of finding the best match from an unrelated donor,Ms Hirst said a case in point was a young girl in Luton with Bangladeshi heritage who had been waiting almost three years for a stem cell donor because there was not a perfect match for her.
Luton is one of the most ethnically diverse areas of the UK, with "significant Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian, East European and African Caribbean communities",
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