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Commitment to Donating Bone Marrow

Your Commitment

Be listed on the National Registry until your 61st birthday, unless you ask to be removed
Consider donating to any searching patient who matches your tissue type
Keep us updated if your contact information changes

Source: DKMS Americas (Donating Bone Marrow)

The truth about bone marrow donation

Roughly 6,000 people in the United States are in need of a bone marrow transplant and only about 30 percent of them will find a match within their own family...

The truth about transplants

Dr. Sung-Yun Pai first met baby Giovanni in January 2006, when the Guglielmo family came to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital in Boston in need...

Giovanni's story

Giovanni was diagnosed with a rare chromosomal disorder called NEMO when he was just months old...

Karina's story

One-year-old Karina Regino was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) just three months after her uncle died of the same disease...

Hristianna's story

In 2004, Mark Lanoue took his three-year-old daughter, Hristianna, to the doctor for a regularly-scheduled check-up...

Marcia's story

My husband, Andy Williams, is a professional soccer player and is currently playing for the MLS team...

QUIZ: The truth about donation

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What hesitations do you have about donating bone marrow?

See the video story of a true SuperBaby and follow the path young Giovanni Guglielmo has gone down and learn the importance of donating bone marrow.