Wheres the best place to find a bone marrow donation?”
Bone marrow where blood begins life Bone marrow is the soft, jelly-like tissue that is found in the hollow centres of certain bones. It’s the home of what are called ‘stem cells’ which are the building blocks of blood itself. These building blocks are: the red cells – which carry oxygen; the white cells – which fight infection, and the platelets – which stop bleeding. All these cells are produced by the stem cells and released into the blood stream via the veins and thin tissue surrounding the bone. Without the bone marrow, blood can not be produced, so when things go wrong and the bone marrow becomes damaged, the patient must receive a stem cell transplant to survive. Click on the links below to learn more: Why do we need donors? Can I help?
Be The MatchSM offers you the unique opportunity to help a patient in need by donating bone marrow or umbilical cord blood. Learn how you can get involved in Be The Match. Be the one to give hope. The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and our Be The Match FoundationSM are nonprofit organizations dedicated to creating an opportunity for all patients to receive the bone marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant they need, when they need it. Our mission Every year, thousands of people of all ages are diagnosed with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases. Many of them will die unless they get a bone marrow or cord blood transplant from a matching donor. Seventy percent of people do not have a donor in their family and depend on our Be The Match RegistrySM to find a match to save their life.
