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[Kat Clements | Contributing Writer] Marrow, the student division of Anthony Nolan Cancer Charity, is present in universities up and down the country. This year, they came to Hertfordshire. We’ve never had a Marrow chapter here before, and Marrow Group Co-ordinator Zoe Wilkes decided to change that. She arrived at the Fresher’s Fair and promptly recruited a committee – President Christopher Donaldson, who has steered the society through a wildly successful year, was one of th

Give a Spit, Save a Life [Alex Jungeling | Contributing Writer] Every 20 minutes someone in the UK finds out they have blood cancer. All the more reason Trident Media are pleased to inform you that Marrow have just held their second event of the year. It was the Donor Recruitment Event on Monday 17th November in de Havilland Atrium, and it was a great success. There was a high interest and 52 people signed up to the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Donor register. This meant the ta

[Periye Bisina | Contributing Writer] Every year, there are 11,700 cases of lymphoma, a type of blood cancer that affects the lymphatic system in the UK alone. It is the most common blood cancer in young people aged 15 to 24. For many of these patients, a stem cell transplant is their last hope of life. That’s where Marrow comes in. Marrow is student group that is affiliated with Anthony Nolan, the UK Blood cancer charity. It was created in 1997 by a student at Nottingham Uni