Katie Quinn went to the Hearnes Center in April to donate blood at one of MU’s biannual drives. She was turned away by the Red Cross that day because of low iron levels, but Quinn had another option. The 21-year-old MU student walked to the other side of the Hearnes Center to a drive held by Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei, which in English means German Bone Marrow Donor Center.
MU nursing student donates bone marrow to stranger
Friday, January 4, 2008 | 2:00 p.m. CST;
updated 10:05 a.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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