News, Publications & Media
Channel 7 News, March 2023
UR the Cure attended the cheek swabs media launch after the government vows to cut through red tape; an initial amount of funds were released to launch the swabs whilst we wait for further announcements about the release for the rest of the funds.
Geelong Advertiser, February 2023
Geelong Advertiser newspaper article, “Cheek swab test victory - Boost for Torquay cancer survivor’s campaign”. Click the image to enlarge and read.
Geelong Advertiser, December 2022
Geelong Advertiser newspaper article, “Cancer survivor’s call for aussies to get cheeky for donor registry”. Click the image to enlarge and read.
Channel 10 News, September 2022
Channel 10 news report on World Marrow Donor Day and the need for governments to release funds for the Strength to Give cheek swab program
Donor Research Network Blog, June 2022
“Blood cancer patients are dying waiting for their stem cell match”. Blog post by UR the Cure founder Pamela Bousejean. Published by the Donor Research Network; University of Queensland, School of Psychology. Click here
ABC Radio National, March 2022
“Cancer patients call to overhaul stem cell donor recruitment”. Blood cancer patients who require a bone marrow transplant have long struggled to find a DNA match and 85 per cent of patients rely on international registries. Now, there are calls to change the way donors are recruited in Australia, including the use of cheek swabs to find tissue matches.
Featured: Josh Gourley, Accute Lymphoblastic Leukemia patient
Pamela Bousejean, Founder of UR The Cure
Lisa Smith, CEO of The Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry
Fat and Ginger Radio podcast, Sept 2021
Podcast interview with comedians Tim Young (ABC Radio and Founder of Locally Grown Funnies) and Luke Massey (Random Aussies and Fox Footy’s Be Dragons TV series). Have a listen through Podbean, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast or Spotify
Geelong Advertiser, September 2021
For Blood Cancer Awareness month and World Marrow Donor day, UR the Cure ran a campaign to bring back the cheek swabs. Click here to read.
Surf Coast Times, September 2021
“Bone marrow donor registry in need of signatures for cheek swab program”. Click here to read
The Age, September 2021
“Blood cancer patients at risk as donor body pleads for funds”. Click here
ABC 7:30pm Report, December 2019
Thank you to Melissa and her family for taking part in this report, your strength and courage to publicly share your story is so incredibly valuable to the cause. Rest in Peace Melissa.
Joy FM Radio interview, November 2019
Did you know that gay men are now eligible to join bone marrow donor registry? And that men aged 18-30 make the best donors overall? And that getting on the registry can be done with a simple cheek swab?! Click hear to read more or play the radio interview audio below.
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Krock Radio inteview, November 2019
Our radio interview with Tom and Loggy from the Krock breakfast show with Luke Massey from Locally Grown Funnies!
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Geelong Advertiser, November 2019
An article promoting our first ever Comedy Fundraiser night with Locally Grown Funnies. “Laughs stems from Pamela’s cancer battle”. Click here to read the article
FECCA E-News, November 2019
Article in E-Newsletter, Issue 11. Save a Life - Join the Stem Cell Registry. Click here to read the article.
ABC Online, October 2019
Bone marrow donor registry pleas for more diversity to help save people with cancer. Click here to read the article
Channel 10 news, September 2019
UR the Cure was excited to be part of this media report, introducing cheek swab technology into Australia to make it even easier for people to join The Registry!
Sawt el Ghad (Radio Tomorrow) Arabic Radio Station, May 2017
An interview with Pamela Bou Sejean founder of UR the Cure which includes Arabic translation on the topic including how to join the bone marrow donor registry.
ABC Online, June 2017
Bone marrow transplants: When your heritage leads to a needle-in-haystack search, ABC Online, June 9 2017
Why, when there are 29 million accessible donors on worldwide bone marrow registries, do so many patients, including Jake, struggle to find a match The answer is ethnicity, where your cultural background can turn your chance of survival into a desperate needle-in-a-haystack search. Click here to read more.
Geelong Advertiser, 2017
Geelong Advertiser newspaper article, “Rethink gay donor bans”. Click the image to enlarge and read.
Geelong Advertiser, 2017
Bone Marrow Plea - Cancer survivor seeks help for national review, May 2017
Channel 10 - The Project, 2016
Tania is struggling to find her lifesaving stem cell match to cure her cancer because of her Croatian and Eastern European heritage. "The Project" ran this report to highlight the need for more people from diverse backgrounds to join The Registry.
Geelong Advertiser, 2015
Bone marrow match search for young Jake Cooper, Geelong Advertiser, July 8 2015
Belmont (lymphoma) survivor Pamela Bou Sejean (Ur the Cure) has been helping Perth family the Coopers find a potentially lifesaving bone marrow match for 12-year-old Jake who has a rare form of leukaemia. Click here to read more.
The Sunday Times Perth Now 2015
Rejected 25 million times in bid to live, The Sunday Times Perth Now, July 4 2015
We shared Jake's story though the Ur the Cure website and social media network and have been working together with Renee (Jake's Mum) as she takes the search for Jake's stem cell match into her own hands.
"The 12 year old's last hope of surviving a rare form of leukaemia is finding a bone marrow match from a stranger...A match will most likely come from someone of a similar ethnic background"
Geelong Advertiser, 2015
Saved, Pamela takes a lead to help others, Geelong Advertiser, June 14 2015
An informative article about the changes that Ur the Cure is pushing for in Australia about bone marrow registry awareness and other system changes to make joining easier. Click here to read enlarged article.
Geelong Advertiser, 2015
Pamela's Push to Save Lives, Geelong Advertiser, April 4 2015
Local MP's from both sides of politics have got on board with a potentially lifesaving campaign to increase the ethnic diversity on the national bone marrow register. Belmont Hodgkins Lymphoma survivor Pamela Bou Sejean this week met with Corio MP Richard Marles to discuss what the Federal government can do to help her organisation Ur the Cure. Click here to read more.
ABMDR Annual Report, 2015
An article published in the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry’s annual report.
HSANZ Newsletter article, 2015
Improving ethnic diversity on the Australian and worldwide stem cell registries, Haematology Society of Australia & New Zealand newsletter, Volume 9, Issue 1, April 2015
An article published in the HSANZ newsletter about the UR the Cure. It's distributed around the haematology network around Australia and New Zealand.
Channel 7 news, 2015
Mum's dreams for more Aussie Donors, Channel 7 News, March 29 2015
Melissa Baker got in touch with Ur the Cure as she is struggling to find her life-saving match to cure her cancer due to her Italian heritage. A joint story was run to encourage more people of an Italian background to join the registry and the important work Ur the Cure is achieving to increase awareness about the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. Click here to watch the video.
Geelong Advertiser, 2015
Matching Story an Inspiration - Sign Up to Save Lives, Geelong Advertiser, March 2015
When Melissa Baker heard Pamela Bousejean's story, it was like reading her own treatment notes...like Ms Bousejean, Dr Baker needs more people from non-caucasian backgrounds to join the Australian Bone Marrow Register to increase her chances of finding a match. Click here to read more.