The Anthony Nolan Trust has announced that would-be bone marrow donors can now give a quick spit test rather than give a blood sample.

Previously, would-be donors were asked to give blood samples to establish their tissue type, which meant visiting a doctor or attending a recruitment event in their area. The new saliva kits launched today can be sent by post to those in England and Scotland who want to join the register and all they will need to do is complete a medical questionnaire, spit into a tube and send it back. The Anthony Nolan Trust is the first in the world to use the ‘revolutionary’ new system, which it hopes will appeal especially to busy young adults.

Fanconi Hope welcomes this new way of donor testing as it should increase substantially the number of donors available on the Registry.  David and Alison Carroll are part of the new Anthony Nolan awareness campaign. Read more in the Daily Mail.

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 4th, 2010 at 11:40 am