Donor Information
When you become a donor through the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), you are participating in an effort to give patients with leukemia and other life-threatening blood diseases a second chance at life.
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Potential Marrow or Blood Stem Cell Donors
Are you interested in becoming a donor?
You can join the NMDP Registry as a potential marrow or blood stem cell donor if you are between the ages of 18 and 60, in good general health and willing to be available if you are ever identified as a match for a patient in need.
Are you already a donor?
- Find out how to join the NMDP Registry.
- Read the real life stories of other donors.
If you are a registered NMDP donor, we thank you for your commitment to helping patients. Remember to update your address and inform your local Donor Center of any changes in your health status.
If you're not sure whether or not you've already joined the NMDP Registry, you can confirm you are on the Registry.
Do you have questions about the donation process?Umbilical Cord Blood Donors Are you interested in donating your baby's umbilical cord blood?
- For a quick overview, read the steps of donation.
- For a more detailed description, read about the donation procedure.
- For answers to common questions, read the Donor FAQs, Marrow Donation FAQs and PBSC Donation FAQs.
Any woman who is at least 18 years old (16 in some locations), is in good general health and lives in a community where cord blood donation is available may be able to donate her baby's umbilical cord blood.
Have you already donated your baby's umbilical cord blood?
- Learn how to donate umbilical cord blood.
- Look for a Cord Blood Bank near you. Because cord blood banking is relatively new, not all communities have a cord blood bank.
- Read the real life story of a cord blood donor.
If you have already donated your baby's umbilical cord blood, we thank you for your donation. To find out more about how the donated cord blood might be used, read about cord blood transplants or read the real life story of a cord blood transplant recipient.
Do you have questions about the donation process?
- Read a description of the cord blood donation process.
- Read answers to common questions in the Cord Blood FAQs
SEE ALSO:
How to Help Confirm You Are on the Registry Update Your Address Request Materials
