A sisterly bond has inspired a group of university students to roll up their sleeves in hopes of being a bone marrow match for a young leukaemia patient.
Her partner's sister has organised a blood drive to encourage more people to sign up to Australia's stem cell donor registry .
So far more than 250 donations as part of a Lifeblood team set up under Ms Borlace's name have collectively saved about 750 lives.Ms Morrison said most of the students at the blood drive at Port Adelaide on Saturday are first time donors who added their names to the registry. "You could genuinely save someone's life and make such a big difference in someone's life and in their families' lives," Ms Morrison said.
Her mother said there was a possible match overseas but a medical team is determining whether she could get the transplant. "We shouldn't have to look overseas to find a match for Australians, there should be a big pool here of people that are on that registry."
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