Register to Donate

To join The HLA Registry you must:

• be between 18 and 60 years of age and in good health
• consent to giving a blood sample for tissue typing and allow entry of your genetic and biographic information in the National Marrow Donor Program registry of potential donors.

By registering you make yourself available to help when needed. If you match a patient in need we will call you. The chance of being called upon to actually donate is close to zero. Very few people share your exact tissue type. Unless one of them is sick with leukemia or another deadly blood disorder we will not call you. Yet every person who registers as a volunteer marrow donor increases the chance that patients will find the life saving matches they need. With six million registered donors available, patients enjoy a 70 percent chance of finding donors who can save their lives.

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Donors Needed
The little boy is one of more than 30,000 American children and adults diagnosed each year with leukemia, aplastic anemia or other deadly blood diseases. Around the world, tens of thousands of people are stricken with such diseases. Marrow transplants can save many of these people, if only they can find a compatible donor. Right now, more than 3,000 people are looking for a hero who can give them a unique gift of life. Marrow contains blood stem cells, the basis of the body's blood and immune systems. Blood stem cells are also found in blood circulating through the body. Transplants replace patients , diseased blood stem cells with healthy cells from a donor. Within a week or two, the transplanted cells begin to reproduce normally, replacing the patient's blood and immune system. These transplants require a precise genetic match between patients and donors. Finding compatible donors for hearts and livers is easier than finding two people similar enough genetically to successfully exchange blood stem cells.

Many patients can receive transplants from their brothers or sisters or other close relatives. But 70 percent of patients do not find compatible donors within their families, and must search for an unrelated donor. Finding unrelated donors would be nearly impossible without an international net work of marrow donor registries that make potential donors available to patients anywhere in the world.

Where Can I Register as a Volunteer Marrow Donor?
The HLA Registry is actively recruiting volunteer marrow donors for the National Marrow Donor Program. With headquarters in New Jersey and satellite offices in Massachusetts and western New York State, the HLA Registry offers educational programs and coordinates donor recruitment drives throughout the United States. The HLA Registry's primary areas of operation include Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and throughout New England.

To learn about drives in your area click here or to register call: 800-336-3363

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