The UTC Football Mocs are recruiting students to “Get in the Game” and become part of the “Be The Match Registry,” the world’s largest hematopoietic cell registry pairing stem cell donors with patients suffering from blood cancers.
Get in the Game is being held in conjunction with UTC Bloodanooga, a communitywide mobile blood drive from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. March 27 and 28 in the Tennessee Room of the UTC University Center.
The campaign is especially important to the UTC community because last year, Carolyn Thompson, Chancellor Roger Brown’s wife, was diagnosed with myelofibrosis, a disorder of the marrow. Thompson, who died March 2, was the recipient of a stem cell transplant at Vanderbilt Medical Center, according to a news release.
Registry members from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds are especially needed. Because tissue types are inherited, patients are most likely to match someone of their own race or ethnicity.
For more information, email Carol-Oglesby@utc.edu or call 423-425-2337.