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The Guardian - UK
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QPR ask fans to take blood stem cell donor test at match against Rotherham

QPR’s Jimmy Dunne wants the ‘community of football’ to help find a donor for his family friend.
QPR’s Jimmy Dunne wants the ‘community of football’ to help find a donor for his family friend. Photograph: Simon Dael/Shutterstock

Queens Park Rangers will host a swab centre outside Loftus Road on Saturday to try to find a bone marrow transplant match for a close family friend of the defender Jimmy Dunne. Daniel Greer, a 14-year-old diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), urgently requires a blood stem cell donor and Dunne is determined to help in the “race against time”.

QPR and Dunne are urging supporters to consider taking the simple test, which could have a profound impact on someone’s life. QPR, who will warm up in T-shirts adorned with the message #DoItForDaniel, host Rotherham, with about 14,000 supporters expected to be in attendance. DKMS, a blood cancer charity, will set up a mobile station on South Africa Road for supporters and passersby.

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