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Donors must be healthy, be between the ages of 18 and 55 and sign a consent form before submitting a blood sample for typing. Once typed, donors' names and blood data will be entered into the DKMS database. The typing data, in anonymous form, will also be available for searches on the National Marrow Donor Program's (NMDP) registry. If a potential match for a patient is found, donors are notified, and the bone marrow donation takes place. It's that simple and that urgent. Bone marrow donation occurs one of two ways: Bone marrow extraction or Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Extraction (PBSC). Either process is safe, and the donor's privacy is respected. Visit www.dkmsamericas.org to find out more. About DKMS A non-profit organization which has facilitated more than 8,000 transplants. That's more than five per day since its founding in 1991. DKMS now has more than 1.3 million registered donors and makes up 13% of worldwide registered unrelated stem cell donors and accounts for 22% of NMDP registered donors. The organization is currently expanding into North America to make it simpler for U.S. patients to gain access to DKMS registered donors. In 2005, DKMS donors accounted for 20% of all U.S. matches! DKMS ("Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei" or German Bone Marrow Donor Center in English; Tbingen, Germany) is the largest institution of its kind in the world. All donors who register with DKMS Americas also become part of the WMDA (World Marrow Donor Association) and the NMDP (National Marrow Donor Program; www.marrow.org). Peter Harf (CEO, Coty, Inc.) and his wife's physician, Professor Gerhard Ehninger, founded DKMS, (Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei, or German Bone Marrow Donor Center), in Germany in 1991 when they were looking for a matching donor for Mechtild Harf, who died from acute leukemia. Harf and Ehninger created DKMS to help more patients in need find their donor match. Since its inception, DKMS has facilitated more than 9,000 transplants and become the world's largest non-profit stem cell donor center, with more than 1.4 million donors. For additional information about DKMS, please visit http://www.dkmsamericas.org . Learn More About Blood Cancer http://www.dkmsamericas.org/news/medical.html www.marrow.org |
| The first step in the process of becoming a donor is to attend a one of Todd's donor events to determine whether or not you are a match. This is done by a simple swab of the inside of your cheek. It takes 15 minutes. This swab will let you know if you can save another persons life. If DKMS determines that you are a match, they will contact you directly for further testing. |
| Attend one of the Todd Zick drives on the 24th or 7th of the month - saving Todd is our 24x7 commitment! |
How To Become A Donor?
| Why 24-7? Because we are working toward a cure 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. |
