Everyday thousands of patients who need a life-saving transplant search for a donor. But only 30 percent will find a suitable donor within their family. The remaining 70 percent must find an unrelated donor whose tissue type matches theirs. Take the first step to save a life — join the National Marrow Donor Program* (NMDP) Registry.

When you become a member of the registry, you join the global movement of more than 10 million donors who stand ready to give someone a future. Even with a registry of millions, there are many patients waiting and hoping, unable to find a match. You could be that match!

Life, it’s in you. A marrow transplant is a life-saving treatment for people with leukemia, lymphoma and many other diseases. Patients undergo chemotherapy and/or radiation to destroy their diseased marrow. Then a donor’s healthy blood cells are transfused into the patient’s bloodstream where they can begin to function and multiply.

In order for a patient’s body to accept these healthy blood cells, the donor’s tissue type must match as closely as possible.. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) testing determines whether a donor and patient are good matches. HLAs are found on most cells in your body. Your immune system uses HLAs to recognize which cells belong in your body and which do not. The closer the match between the patient’s HLAs and yours, the better for the patient. Because HLA tissue types are inherited, patients are most likely to match someone of their own race or ethnicity.

Donors of these backgrounds are especially needed:

For more information or an appointment contact.
BloodCenter of Wisconsin Marrow Donor Program
414-937-6388 or 866-702-HOPE.