The C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (Program) helps patients who need a potentially life-saving bone marrow or cord blood transplant. One part of this Program focuses on the behind-the-scenes details that are critical to helping patients:
- Collecting and analyzing data about patients who have received a transplant
- Bringing together doctors, medical experts and scientists to discuss new ideas
- Examining the best ideas through research studies
A bone marrow or cord blood transplant replaces diseased blood-forming cells with healthy cells. When a person has a life-threatening disease, such as leukemia, lymphoma or an inherited metabolic or immune system disorder, a bone marrow or cord blood transplant may be the best treatment option.
To help patients who need a bone marrow or cord blood transplant, doctors and scientists work together by collecting and analyzing thousands of pieces of data. Using these data, research studies look at ways to improve procedures and help patients live longer, healthier lives. Significant discoveries in transplant research over the last decade have helped patients by:
- Offering more precise matching guidelines
- Improving the donor search process
- Identifying additional sources of cells for transplantation, such as cord blood
- Improving the quality of life for patients after transplant
- Identifying the best timing for a transplant based on a patient's health and disease status
These advances are based on many small steps. Each step is based on hundreds, sometimes thousands, of pieces of data that have been analyzed and studied. By sharing research studies with other doctors, scientists, and medical experts, more ideas are developed and investigated. These data, ideas, and resulting studies are crucial to helping patients before, during and after a bone marrow or cord blood transplant.
- Transplant Data – Read reports and slides about patient outcomes and the number of transplants performed.
- Registry Data – View information about marrow donors and cord blood units on the Registry of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program.
- Biennial Report of the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry – See statistical data about transplants using unrelated marrow donors or cord blood units.
- Cord Blood Units for Research - Researchers can find a listing of cord blood banks that provide cord blood units for pre-clinical and clinical research.
