Since July 15th, HLA (Human leukocyte antigen) tissue typing of loci A, B and DRB1 has been completed on 473 new blood samples of potential bone marrow and stem cell donors.
The National Registry now lists 12,575 donors that are available to search for matches with patients that are in need of bone marrow transplants.

In Split, from August 22nd – 27th, a six-day event, “When little hands get together, there is no stopping Split” will take place to support the projects of the Ana Rukavina Foundation.

This is how Vjesnik, Ana’s former employer, covered the big news:

For the first time, stem cells from the Croatian Registry of voluntary bone marrow donors have saved the life of a patient outside of Croatia – in Austria – and in that way has fulfilled the mission of the Ana Rukavina Foundation to make the possibility of having stem cell transplantations available to as many patients as possible, which was pointed out at today’s press conference for journalists and the Foundation in Zagreb.

U hrvatskom Registru dobrovoljnih darivatelja koštane srži prvi put je pronađen HLA podudarni donator matičnih stanica za spas života oboljelog od leukemije!

In the period between June 15th and July 15th 2009, 700 new blood samples of potential bone marrow and stem cell donors were tissue typed.

To mark the European Week Against Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma a charity picnic will take place at Bundek Lake.

The authors of the film “I want life”, which was about the work of the Ana Rukavina Foundation, were awarded the best short film at the British Heart of England International Film Festival in Tamworth.

More than 450 recreational and professionals competitors participated in the second “Volim Trčanje” (I Love Running) race that was held on June 25th in Zagreb.

700 new blood samples from potential bone marrow and stem cell donors have been tissue typed.