2000 2,500th Anthony Nolan donor provided for transplant.
Shirley Nolan was awarded an OBE in the new Millennium Honour List. At the time, Shirley was living in Australia.
Her official response to her OBE was typical of her perspective on life : "I was of course thrilled and delighted to receive this accolade, which I accepted with pride on behalf of everyone who helped me in my goal, but particularly I accept it for Anthony. My greatest reward has always been to know that my little boy did not die in vain. Because of Anthony others have lived, and his legacy remains. We can all do something to help save lives. I just did what any mother would do - my best."
We identify over 100 marrow matches overseas for UK patients, making all arrangements for importation of these marrows. Annual income exceeds £10 million for the first time.
2001 The charity changes its name to The Anthony Nolan Trust, dropping the words ‘bone marrow’. This reflected the changing face of donation with more transplant centres asking donors to give blood stem cells by the new non-surgical method of extracting peripheral blood stem cells.
2002 The Register topped 320,000.
On 14th July this year Shirley Nolan died in Australia aged 60 : Memorial service held at St Paul’s Cathedral. Shirley Nolan however, made no secret of the fact that her greatest reward was always the knowledge that her little boy, Anthony, did not die in vain.
2003 Simon Dyson, Chairman, awarded an MBE
Scientific Director, Professor Alejandro Madrigal, to lead a new cancer research project, Allostem, that involves 29 research partners from 13 countries. This project was funded by the largest grant ever awarded by the EU to an immunotherapy programme.
2004 4000th Anthony Nolan donor provided for transplant
The Anthony Nolan Trust celebrates its 30th anniversary
The Register reaches 360,000
2005 The Register reaches 370,000
2006 The Register reaches 380,000
Today
The laboratory staff can test some 500 blood samples a week from potential donors wishing to join the Register, the charity has direct links with over 55 other registers around the world and provides more than 400 donors for patients every year.
The number of search requests for donors continues to increase – and now stands at over 6,000 per year.
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