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Are you a stem cell or marrow donor?
Are you a stem cell or marrow recipient?
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The Be The Match Program's mission is to establish a system which provides transplants of stem cells from unrelated donors for patients with leukemia and other life-threatening blood diseases.

There is only a 30% chance of finding a match within the patient's family. Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) are inherited, much like skin, eyes, and hair color, and a match is most likely within the patients' own ethnic group. Each year thousands of racial minorities die from leukemia and other blood diseases because of the low number of minority donor volunteers registered with the NMDP. family

The Be The Match Program of Central and South Texas added 16,635 new marrow donors onto the National Registry in 2008.  Also, 69 marrow and stem cell donors gave on behalf of patients all over the world!  
 
Registration drives are carried out on a regular basis and frequently special events are held to promote awareness of the need for more potential donors to join the registry.

To join the Be The Match Program, you must be between 18 and 60 years old and be in good general health.

South Texas Blood & Tissue Center is an authorized donor center of the Be The Match Program®

For more information on our marrow/stem cell program, please e-mail Yvonne Ybarra, or call (210) 731-5513.