Marrow donations help save lives

by GabrielĀ Maisonnave

Matt Renn (Photo by Gabriel Maisonnave)
UNC-Chapel Hill Senior Matt Renn is seen here donating some of his blood marrow and stem cells at UNC Hospital to help someone with lymphoma. Lymphoma is a deadly form of cancer that affects the immune system. Ā (Photo by Gabriel Maisonnave)

Every year, 20,000Ā people in the United States are diagnosed with lymphoma and leukemia, possibly fatal forms of cancer. Their best chance for survival: a bone marrow transplant.

Some, including one UNC-Chapel Hill senior, canĀ become someoneā€™s last hope at a normal life.

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