The Community of Madrid launched the new edition of the Tour Médula Universidad organised by the Centro de Transfusión campaign is aimed at students and combines information about bone marrow and blood stem cell donation with convenient registration opportunities on campus.
The first stop was the Facultad de Ciencias de la Información at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. The Facultad de Filología is scheduled for 7 October. This will be followed by the Universidad Carlos III in Getafe on 14 and 15 October, and the Leganés campus on 16 and 20 October. At the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos events are planned in Alcorcón (19 October), Móstoles (20), Aranjuez (21), Vicálvaro (22) and Fuenlabrada (26). The tour concludes at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid with visits to the Filosofía y Letras (27 October), Educación (28) and Económicas (29) faculties.
People in Spain aged between 18 and 40 can register, provided they weigh more than 50 kilograms, have a body mass index between 20 and 35, and are considered medically eligible. New registrations are added to the Registro Español de Donantes de Médula Ósea (REDMO) reported. This increases the chance of finding a suitable donor for patients with conditions such as leukaemia or lymphoma.
According to the regional government, more than 76,895 people are currently registered as haematopoietic stem cell donors in the Comunidad de Madrid. A further 3,795 people joined in 2025, of whom 1,586 registered through previous editions of Tour Médula Universidad. The region has long pointed to rising register numbers and a leading role in effective donations compared with the rest of the country.
Blood stem cells, also known as progenitores hematopoyéticos, are found inside long and flat bones and produce red and white blood cells as well as platelets. For many people affected, transplantation is currently the only potentially curative treatment option. The university initiative therefore targets a group that is statistically particularly suitable and whose registration improves the chances of finding a donor. The campaign makes no claims about specific matching times or transplant numbers.
The tour will be present at university sites across the region throughout October. Organisers are relying on the low-threshold, on-site approach to reduce information gaps and further increase the number of qualified entries in REDMO.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).