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What to know about joining the bone marrow registry
- Doctors prefer donors between 18 and 44, but anyone up to 60 can sign up.
- People who sign up for the registry can back out of the donation process at any time but are encouraged to only sign up if they are sure they want to donate.
- Approximately 1 out of 430 people who join the registry ends up donating their bone marrow.
- Expenses are funded for the procedure
- Potential donors submit cell samples by having the inside of their cheek swabbed. The cells are then analyzed to determine their HLA Markers.
What is a Stem Cell Transplant (Bone Marrow Transplant)?
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