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Donor Information

At any given time, 6,000 patients are searching for a matched donor or cord blood unit. A patient is hoping someone like you registers to become a donor.

A bone marrow transplant (also called a BMT) or cord blood transplant is a potentially life-saving treatment for some patients who have leukemia, lymphoma, or a genetic metabolic or immune system disorder. A bone marrow or cord blood transplant replaces a patient's unhealthy blood-forming cells with healthy cells from a donor.

You may be the person who can save a patient's life.

The Registry of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program, also called the Be The Match RegistrySM, is a listing of potential marrow donors and donated cord blood units.



Last Updated: May 20, 2009

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