5. Melissa, Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient

Transplant Talk

English - March 06, 2020 14:39 - 47 minutes - 22.6 MB
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A little over ten years ago Melissa went from the picture of health to needing four blood or platelet transfusions every week. She was just 30 years old. Melissa needed a bone marrow transplant and Doug, a stranger living across the Atlantic, donated some of his stem cells and saved her life.

If you would like to register as a bone marrow donor or find out more about it, here's where to start:

UK
Anthony Nolan Trust: https://www.anthonynolan.org/
DKMS: https://www.dkms.org.uk/en/register-now
NHS Blood and Transplant: https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/what-we-do/transplantation-services/stem-cells/

US
Be the match: https://bethematch.org/

Germany
DKMS: https://www.dkms.de/en

Australia
ABMDR: https://www.abmdr.org.au/

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