Each year, more than 20,000 Americans are diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses for which a bone marrow transplant, peripheral blood stem cell transplant or umbilical cord blood transplant (BMT) from a related or unrelated matched donor is their best treatment option. A bone marrow or cord blood transplant replaces a patient's diseased blood-forming cells with healthy cells. However, only 30 percent of patients will have a relative who matches and is able to donate. The other 70 percent, or approximately 14,000 people, need someone like you to donate their healthy marrow.
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