Embed Doc
Copy Link
Readcast
Collections

CommentGo Back

Download

Join the marrow donorRegistry and give hopeto patients everywhere

|Life. It’s in you.

When yu jin the Reistry,yu cn sve  ie

Every day thousands o patients who need a lie-saving transplant search or a donor.But only 30 percent will nd a suitable donor within their amily. Te remaining 70percent must nd an unrelated donor whose tissue type matches theirs. ake the rststep to save a lie—join the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) Registry.When you become a member o the Registry, you join the global movement o morethan 10 million donors who stand ready to give someone a uture.Even with a Registry o millions, there are many patients waiting and hoping, unable tond a match. You could be the one a patient needs. You’ll never know unless you join.

Life. It’s in you.

Joseph was 14 years old when he lost his dad toleukemia. As an adult he joined the Registry and turned out to be a match for an 11-year-old girl, Katie, whoalso had leukemia. Three years later Katie is an activeteenager and a foreign exchange student. Joseph and Katie plan to meet when she comes home.

“I would absolutely donate again,” Joseph says.“It’s probably the easiest way to save a lie.”

National Marrow Donor Program | 

The National Marrow DonorProgram helps people whoneed a life-saving marrow orcord blood transplant.

Reistry uideines

To be a member of the Registry,all you need is to:

• Be between the ages o 18 and 60• Be willing to donate to any patient in need• Meet the health guidelines

Steps t jin

Tese steps may be completed online or in person at a donor recruitment drive.1. Complete a registration orm with contact inormation, health history questions,and a signed agreement to join the Registry.2. Pay or tissue typing costs, i any. Te tax-deductible cost depends on whetheryou join online at

marrow.org/join

or in person. Frequently, a sponsor orcompany pays or tissue typing.3. Give either a swab o cheek cells or a blood sample so your tissue type can be tested.Tat’s it! Your tissue type is then added to the Registry.Doctors search the Registry when they need to nd a donor who can make a transplantpossible or their patient.