Why is there a need for people to sign-up as bone marrow donors?
Thousands of patients with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases depend on donors to find a match to save their life. Patients need donors who are a genetic match. Even with a registry of millions, many patients cannot find a match. Donors of all races and ethnicities are needed. Only 3 out of 10 patients will receive a transplant.
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- Do you think people get confused between obtaining stem cells from un-needed embryos, bone marrow, and now umbilical cord blood? Is the confusion understandable, or is at all the same science?
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- Why is there a need for people to sign-up as bone marrow donors?
