DKMS donor drive at FAU WiSo on July 10, 2025 – Saving lives together!
Register now and become a potential stem cell donor for leukemia patients!
As part of the #FrankenFuerDasLeben campaign, FAU is organizing numerous donor drives to register as stem cell donors. On July 10, 2025 you can register as a stem cell donor from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the courtyard at FAU WiSo, Campus Lange Gasse 20 in Nuremberg.
Stem cell donations can save lives – especially in the case of blood cancer. Many of those affected are children and teenagers who are dependent on a suitable donation. By registering, patients worldwide are given the hope of a second life. The university kindly invites everyone to register in the DKMS database as part of the campaign.
As well as registering as a stem cell donor, it is also possible to make a cash donation directly at the donor drives. Each new registration costs 50 euros and every donation helps, as not everyone can bear the costs themselves.
#FrankenFuerDasLeben is a society-wide and regional initiative under the patronage of Bavarian Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann. Together with other partners from the region, including Sparkasse, Nürnberger Versicherung and Datev, FAU is striving to implement the largest typing drive of its type in Germany.
Why is stem cell donation so important?
Many leukemia patients fail to find a suitable donor in their family. Their only hope is to find a suitable unrelated donor with the same tissue characteristics. The more people are registered in the databases, the higher the chance of a successful match and a potential cure. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Andreas Mackensen, Director of Hematology and Oncology at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, FAU hopes to find as many new stem cell donors as possible and to raise awareness of the importance of typing.
Donor drive at FAU
FAU is organizing a major initiative in the fight against leukemia, with all students, staff and researchers being encouraged to attend any of the numerous donor drives at the faculties and institutions in summer semester 2025. “Join us in our mission to tackle this terrible disease and save lives together. It only takes a few minutes for you, but for other people it may make the difference between life and death,” underlines President Prof. Joachim Hornegger.
What happens during a donor drive?
During a donor drive, volunteers can register as potential stem cell donors.
First of all, you have to complete a consent form. Next, a swab is used to take a sample from inside your cheek. This sample is sent to the laboratory to analyze HLA markers. For a stem cell donation, people are required to have matching HLA (human leukocyte antigen) markers. As there are several thousand varieties of these markers in innumerable combinations, the likelihood of finding a “genetic twin” is extremely slim. Each registration therefore helps to find the “needle in a hystack” and gives people across the globe hope.
Detailed information: www.dkms.org/get-involved/become-a-donor