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Maaria Aziz. See SWNS story SWMRneedle. A needle-phobic student saved a cancer patient's life after overcoming her fear to donate stem cells. Maaria Aziz, 21, signed up to the stem cell register when she was 17 and a pupil at Dalziel High School in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. She was recruited to the register through a school engagement event organised by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) as part of a partnership with the Anthony Nolan charity, which organises the register. Four years after signing up to the register, Maaria was surprised to be contacted to say she was a match for someone waiting for a transplant.