Videos

A collection of educational and inspirational videos. Learn about what’s involved in stem cell donation or why we advocate so strongly for the introduction of cheek swab testing into Australia, there’s even a couple of tear jerkers with personal patient stories and donors meeting the people whose lives they saved!

EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS

Why do we need more blood stem cell donors?

Learn about the importance of blood stem cell donation, how to join the donor registry through a simple mouth cheek swab and how easy it is to donate your stem cells!

The journey to donate blood stem cells

Learn about the full blood stem cell donation journey from the moment a patient starts their search through to donation day and beyond.

Blood stem cell donor selection process

Not too sure what happens when you find out you are a potential match for a patient? Watch this video to get an overview of how a donor is selected to donate, from getting the call through to donation day.

Donation methods

Once you’ve joined the registry, you may be called and asked to donate your stem cells to a patient in need. Learn about the 2 possible ways to donate - either via PBSC (peripheral blood stem cell) or bone marrow donation.

Stem Cell Donation Whiteboard Video

Another explanatory video on how stem cell donation works, it’s the same educational messages with a few more details and presented differently using whiteboard animation!

Thanks to our friends in Canada from the Stem Cell Club who have provided us with this great video, it explains everything you need to know about stem cell donation. What are stem cells? How do they cure cancer? How do you join the blood stem cell registry? What types of people do we need to join? What's involved in donating stem cells? All your questions answered!

Jenni donating her stem cells to her beloved sister Melissa - December 2019

A short video of a real life stem cell donation! Jenni donated her stem cells to her sister Melissa to give her the best chance possible to cure her cancer. Even though Melissa’s transplant didn’t work, Jenni says “I would be a donor again, in a heartbeat. It could very well be someone’s last and only HOPE”. Melissa’s legacy lives on, she was always passionate about raising awareness and her family continue to do this. Both Jenni and Melissa wanted to participate in this video to show everyone just how easy it is to donate stem cells!

INSPIRATIONAL VIDEOS

Patients meeting their life-saving bone marrow donors

Becoming a bone marrow donor is a wonderful and life-changing experience! This is a moving and heart-warming compilation of patient's meeting their donors - ordinary people saving lives (running time approximately 3 minutes) Acknowledgements and videos courtesy of Be the Match, Love Hope Strength, Children's Medical Center Dallas, Soundtrack: Coldplay, Sky Full of Stars

World Marrow Donor Day - Bring back the Strength to Give cheek swab program - September 2021

UR the Cure founder Pamela speaks about how a stem cell transplant saved and changed her life forever and urges everyone to sign the petition to bring back the cheek swabs to save more lives!

Sophie's Story "To The Person I've Never Met Who Saved My Life"

For World Marrow Donor Day 2021, Sophie wants to share her story in honour of her donor - the person she has never met who saved her life. Sophie was just 29 when she was diagnosed with leukaemia and was told she needed to find a donor on the registry who was willing to donate their blood stem cells and try to save her life.

World Marrow Donor Day - 2017

Video courtesy of the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. World Marrow Donor Day is our opportunity to thank the 200,000 Australian registered bone marrow and cord blood donors on the registry. Their generosity and commitment saves lives across Australia. To learn more about Tom, Mel and Ollie and their experiences with bone marrow donation please watch the video below.

Journey from Pamela's story to UR the Cure

This video was created by UR the Cure founder Pamela during her recovery after her lifesaving stem cell transplant. At the time UR the Cure was merely an idea and started out by using the power of social media to educate people, creating the website as a resource and Pamela going out into the community to do talks and presentations. UR the Cure has evolved since then, but the heart of why we started and why we exist is still the same…to find more lifesaving matches for patients in need! (Running time approximately 6 minutes)