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.

In the City Council of Varaždin, the deputy mayor of Varaždin, Zlatko Horvat, presented Marija Rukavina, the director of the Foundation, with an embroidered portrait of her daughter Ana that was made by Verica Mihalić.

Today we spent the last day of school at Remete Primary School with the Foundation’s young friends – the pupils of class 3a and their teacher, Marija Kovačević.

Nemetova Polyclinic has taken part in the humanitarian action for the Ana Rukavina Foundation by donating equipment worth 110,000 kuna which is to be used to store samples in the Ana Rukavina Cord Blood Bank.