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Stem cell donor says more need to come forward with what could be lifesaving help
Derby Telegraph
|December 15, 2025
A MEDICAL lecturer from Derby has potentially saved the life of a stranger by donating stem cells - and is now calling for others of Black Caribbean or Black African heritage to sign up as donors too.
Nicola Rouse, 44, beat odds of 1 in 2,000 to be asked to donate blood stem cells for a patient in need, in an event with extra significance for her, given her career-long focus in haematology.
Mum-of-two Nicola spent 17 years as an NHS biomedical scientist, specialising in haematology and transfusion and now lectures in the same subject for the Open University.
She is calling for others of Black heritage to join the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry, to improve the odds of patients in need finding the match they need.
It can be significantly more difficult to find a suitable match for patients of Black, Asian and mixed ethnicity backgrounds, due to the lack of suitable potential donors on the register.
This story is from the December 15, 2025 edition of Derby Telegraph.
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