Consider Being A Bone Marrow Donor

Being a bone marrow donor can help save someone else’s life.

While we may think that a family member is the most suitable person to donate bone marrow, only 30% of patients have an available match within their family. This is why signing up to the international bone marrow registry may help a person whose only chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant.

To sign up you’ll be asked to have a health check and a saliva sample taken. You will then be contacted if you match with someone in need.

Sources:

• https://bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov

• https://www.bmdw.org

• https://bethematch.org/

• https://www.wmda.info

• https://www.anthonynolan.org/

• https://www.hta.gov.uk/guidance-public/about-bone-marrow-and-pbsc-donations

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3624903/

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