STUDENTS at Huddersfield University were today being urged to register as bone marrow donors.
An Anthony Nolan Clinic was being held between 3pm and 6pm in the university's Lockside Building, Room LSG/14A.
The Anthony Nolan Trust was set up in 1974 as the first register of bone marrow volunteers.
Shirley Nolan established the register in an attempt to save the life of her son Anthony. Sadly, no matching donor was found for Anthony and he died in 1979, aged seven.
Doctors are at present hoping to find a donor suitable to help one-year-old Memphis Powell, of Bristol, who suffers from leukaemia.
His condition is life-threatening and the only cure is a bone marrow transplant.
So far the worldwide search for a suitable unrelated donor for Memphis has been unsuccessful.
Because of the vast numbers of tissue types, trying to find a suitable bone marrow donor match is extremely difficult.
Memphis's doctors have said a donor needs to be found within the next six months or he will die.
A Trust spokesman said: "Every year, hundreds of UK patients need bone marrow transplants to treat life-threatening disorders, such as leukaemia."
