Latest News from Anthony Nolan /News.aspx 2012-05-17T04:27:24.4089708+01:00 2012-05-17T04:27:24.4089708+01:00 The corks were popping earlier this month as Chigwell resident Billy Dunning became the first young man to donate after he was recruited as part of GET10K, our drive to add 10,000 young men to the Anthony Nolan stem cell register. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Anthony-Nolan-toasts-GET10K-success-as-first-young.aspx 671b1f4b-6b5a-4010-9250-541ae5968f14 2012-05-16T14:10:44+01:00 18 year old George Bennett from Littlehampton near Chichester is calling for people to come forward and be tested as potential lifesavers after being diagnosed with a life-threatening blood disorder. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/18-year-old--George-Bennett-urges--people-to-come-.aspx f3ceaa26-38eb-4dd0-82b0-9f30f1ff48a6 2012-05-15T14:22:09+01:00 Our first regional stem cell collection centre outside London has opened in the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/New-donor-centre-opens-in-Sheffield.aspx 1e1e6739-d9ae-45d0-bfd0-da118f187b25 2012-05-11T10:31:00+01:00 All eyes will be on Liverpool on Saturday 5 May as they seek to define their season with a win against Chelsea in the FA Cup Final. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Liverpool-goalkeeper-Brad-Jones-gets-behind-Fit-to.aspx 435e90a6-02ec-4eb2-bc46-72ad9643ce75 2012-05-04T09:45:03+01:00 We’re excited to announce that we will be working with Aston Villa Football Club to recruit new donors to the Anthony Nolan register. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Anthony-Nolan-team-up-with-Aston-Villa-Football-Cl.aspx 4d69de12-c31f-4655-bbbb-ba89d36f858b 2012-04-30T13:16:51+01:00 Stuart Ferguson is running the 2012 Virgin London Marathon for Anthony Nolan after they helped save the life of his three-year-old son, Ryan. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Father-of-3-year-old-recipient-to-take-on-Marathon.aspx 1ee6cca5-b599-4bae-aa19-aa67c6ef5821 2012-04-16T15:04:27+01:00 On Friday 30th March, Aston Villa Football Club announced that their captain Stiliyan Petrov had been diagnosed with acute leukaemia. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Anthony-Nolan-offers-support-to-Stiliyan-Petrov-af.aspx 9e31e63a-f14e-4a39-814c-fac69e73ee7d 2012-04-02T17:33:31+01:00 Dr Bronwen Shaw, Anthony Nolan’s chief medical officer, has recently had breakthrough research published in the Lancet Oncology, a leading science journal. The research uncovered the value in conducting additional tissue typing of both stem cell donor and patient, not previously used in the matching process, which could lead to better matches made and more lives saved. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Anthony-Nolan-publishes-breakthrough-research.aspx 9aedd2a3-afd3-4a32-9169-3bb14d8c590a 2012-02-22T17:18:26+00:00 Anthony Nolan was unveiled as Belling’s Charity of the Year after winning a staff and public vote against five other national charities. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Anthony-Nolan-Named-Belling’s-Centenary-Year-Chari.aspx de6b85e3-ca40-4624-9b5e-49bd03d5202f 2012-02-08T11:08:12+00:00 Health minister Anne Milton has launched an extension to our Cord Blood programme in the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Anne-Milton-launches-lifesaving-cord-blood-collect.aspx 0fff66b0-1a73-46df-9e3d-6d0d945e4d1d 2012-01-25T16:44:53+00:00 The Royal Free Hospital's lifesaving cord blood collection programme will be launched on 25 January. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/lifesaving-cord-blood-collection-to-be-launched.aspx afe72399-b317-4b71-abdd-c210a945b022 2012-01-16T16:33:27+00:00 Leigh resident Susan Ratcliffe will welcome a very special visitor this Christmas – the young boy whose life she saved by donating her blood stem cells to him two years ago. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Lancashire-resident-sees-in-the-New-Year-With-the-.aspx 0e778087-2fde-4c77-96ce-003b00767905 2011-12-21T14:33:54+00:00 Anthony Nolan has joined a growing list of charities to contribute to Do Some Good, a new app encouraging users to take five minutes of their time to help charitable organisations. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Anthony-Nolan-asks-app-users-to-Do-Some-Good.aspx 54f9fff1-eb6b-4dca-875a-28aaca578f20 2011-12-12T16:37:22+00:00 The husband of a Berkhamsted resident diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is calling on his local community to join the Anthony Nolan stem cell register as potential lifesavers. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Berkhamsted-man-s-plea-for-someone-to-save-his-wif.aspx 8928aa18-00c3-47b6-ae8f-8a8603e493cb 2011-11-23T15:38:42+00:00 International footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has recorded a video to encourage people sign up as stem cell donors. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Cristiano-Ronaldo-enourages-people-to-sign-up-as-s.aspx feb6260c-2881-4c83-9cb2-8b8981cce8cc 2011-11-22T12:07:14+00:00 The family of 5-year-old Camberley resident Hannah Howell are calling on their local community to join the Anthony Nolan stem cell register as potential lifesavers. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Camberley-family-urge-local-community-to-sign-up-a.aspx 864d453b-3fea-4c09-91f8-72fe4e953f7f 2011-11-14T13:43:53+00:00 A recruitment event in aid of 14-year-old Bethany Mickleburgh has broken records after 1,973 people signed up at the Leicester Tigers stadium on Saturday. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Record-number-of-donors-join-the-register-at-event.aspx 3e618e1d-180d-40c6-8bb9-d2a858c7bf3b 2011-11-14T10:36:22+00:00 TV presenter Gok Wan has pledged his support for Leicestershire schoolgirl Bethany Mickleburgh, who was first diagnosed with leukaemia in 2000. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/Tv-presenter-Gok-Wan-pledges-support-for-Leicester.aspx f500b261-3fdd-41f8-8774-1d440b8b7bb0 2011-11-11T14:03:30+00:00 Cancer survivor Olly Rofix will return to London on Friday 28th October after his seven month voyage round the UK, which saw him raise awareness for blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan and recruit donors to their stem cell register. http://www.anthonynolan.org/News/CANCER-SURVIVOR-RETURNS-FROM-ROUND-THE-UK-SAILING-.aspx 723b9039-3a85-4937-87e1-8b4e346dd339 2011-11-03T15:45:21+00:00