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  2. DKMS - Wikipedia

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    The US affiliate also works to raise awareness of the need for donors, helps people register with the National Marrow Donor Program, and if needed will help pay for any health tests, medication and travel costs. [5] [6] In 2014, DKMS began promoting May 28 as World Blood Cancer Day to help raise awareness.

  3. National Marrow Donor Program - Wikipedia

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    Bone marrow and PBSCs come from living adult donors; they can be extracted from the bone marrow or from the blood. Bone marrow is extracted from the donor's pelvic bones while the donor is under general or local anesthesia. PBSCs are collected from the donor's blood after five or six days of taking a drug that causes hematopoietic cells in the ...

  4. Michelle Maykin - Wikipedia

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    Suffering from acute myeloid leukemia herself, she began a personal search for a bone marrow donor and began the internationally noted campaign, Project Michelle, which registered more than 18,000 people and led to bone marrow matches and donations for 62 different patients. Unable to find a match herself, she died on July 25, 2009.

  5. Reporter's notebook: ABC News reporter meets bone marrow ...

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    In October, an administrative specialist from Be The Match, the nonprofit National Marrow Donor Program, informed me that my bone marrow transplant recipient wanted to connect with me. It had been ...

  6. I am a living organ donor. HB 131 is essential for helping ...

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    Please call 1-800-372-7181 and leave a message for your legislator to support living organ and bone marrow donors through HB 131. Beth Burbridge is a Louisville mom, wife, healthcare analyst ...

  7. 15 Things You Can Donate for Money - AOL

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    Plasma centers pay anywhere from $20 to $100 per donation, based on your location, weight and how often you donate. ... It used to be illegal to donate bone marrow for money. In 2011, however, a ...

  8. Gift of Life Marrow Registry - Wikipedia

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    Bone Marrow: [9] Marrow is found in the hollow cavities of the body's large bones. Donation involves withdrawing 2-3 percent of the donor's total marrow from the iliac crest of the hip, posterior aspect of the donor's pelvic bone. There is no cutting or stitching. The procedure involves a needle aspiration, performed using an anesthetic.

  9. Inmates could donate organs to get out of prison early in ...

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