SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The goal for Tuesday's Chargers Blood Drive XXXVII at the Town & Country Convention Center is to collect 1,200 pints, along with some DNA for research, according to the San Diego Blood Bank.
If that much is collected, it would be well over the nearly 1,100 units of blood collected at the event last year.
New this year, Illumina Inc. will host the Genome Zone, an interactive exhibit with information on DNA sequencing and how genetics play a role in human health. An extra tube of blood will be drawn from up to 100 pre-selected donors to provide DNA for sequencing, which will be available for research.