{"id":13035,"date":"2026-05-31T19:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kkltrust.org\/?p=13035"},"modified":"2026-06-06T20:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T20:48:26","slug":"match4mum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kkltrust.org\/?p=13035","title":{"rendered":"Match4Mum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13035\" class=\"elementor elementor-13035\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b088a7f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b088a7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b471201\" data-id=\"b471201\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c45056 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c45056\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My name\u2019s\u00a0Nidahl,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a024, and my world turned upside down in January when\u00a0<strong>my amazing mum Zeinab<\/strong>\u00a0was diagnosed with\u00a0acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).\u00a0She\u2019s having her second round of chemo at the moment and as soon as she\u2019s strong enough, she\u2019ll\u00a0<strong>need a stem cell transplant<\/strong>\u00a0to survive.\u00a0<\/p><p>But my mum is Eritrean and I was so shocked to discover that this might make it\u00a0<strong>harder for her to find a matching stem cell donor<\/strong>. Apparently if you\u2019re from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background, you\u2019re more likely to have a\u00a0<strong>rare tissue type\u00a0<\/strong>than someone from a white northern European background, so you\u2019re less likely to find a fully matched donor on the UK stem cell register.\u00a0<\/p><p>That\u2019s why I\u2019m urgently appealing for more people with<strong>\u00a0Black, African and Caribbean heritage<\/strong>\u00a0to sign up to the register. It might seem small but to me it\u2019s everything, because it\u2019s the chance of a lifetime with my mum. 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76ce791\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Your age, location and current health status are important. \n<\/span><\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dae5994 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"dae5994\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" 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Gap<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-735dbf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"735dbf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Finding a stem cell match requires very specific genetic compatibility. Because genetic markers vary significantly across ethnic groups, patients from minority backgrounds face much slimmer odds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c9e0fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c9e0fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why it exists<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2fcfc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2fcfc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"920\"><p data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"920\">Registries lack diversity &#8211; most donors are 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