Guys! Right now the National Marrow Donor Program is offering FREE registration (a $50 value) So you should all go sign up.
So what?, you ask?
Bone Marrow Transplants are used to treat many diseases that were once thought to be incurable. Leukemia is often the first thing that comes to mind, but they are also used to treat aplastic anemia, lymphomas like Hodgkin's Disease, multiple myeloma, immune deficiency disorders, and even some cancers like breast or ovarian cancer. In most cases, BMTs are a last resort - other therapies have failed, and the choice is between BMT and death. And its really, really tough to find a match; its not so simple as blood types and Rho factors. Many people die waiting for a BMT, and new donors save lives. And until the end of June, you could even do that for free!
The website is www.marrow.org Registration is a breeze, they send you a few cheek swabs in the mail and then you are officially on the registry. So do it, and tell everyone else you know to do it too!
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