Get Your Swab Out

A Simple Swab Could Save a Life

This What’s On Wednesday, the Pharmacy Society are bringing an important campaign to campus called Get Your Swab Out. The aim is simple: encourage students to join the stem cell donor register and potentially save someone’s life.

Signing up takes just a few minutes, but for someone living with a life-threatening blood cancer, that small action could mean everything. Young people between 16 and 30 provide the best outcomes for transplants, making your contribution vital.

Luke’s Story

Luke graduated last year with a first-class degree in Engineering. He relapsed just before his eighteenth birthday and needed a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor to survive. Thankfully, a student from Nottingham had signed up to the register and was a match.

“Please sign up to the register. It is so easy, just a simple spit sample, but the difference you can make is huge. You could save a person’s life.” – Luke

Most people on the register will never be called to donate, but for those who are, the experience is incredibly rewarding and organised for you. It's a simple way to give someone else a happy future.