On Tuesday, May 10, Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MTA) juniors and seniors participated in the Gift of Life’s Senior Swab program. Senior Swab administers DNA swabbing of eligible high school students for the purpose of adding them to a lifesaving bone marrow donor registry. The program is in memory of Dr. Michael Osband, former Chief of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Boston Medical Center, who spent his life caring for sick children and their families.
While students below 18 years of age were unable to have their cheeks swabbed, they were able to submit information in order to receive a self-swabbing kit on their 18th birthday. Dozens of students participated, as MTA joined over 10 yeshiva high schools involved in this special project.
Senior Swab was the final Arista project run by this year’s senior class.
By Mendel Weintraub
