National Marrow Donor Program

WE SAVE LIVES THROUGH CELLULAR THERAPY

TRANSPLANT - IN 1987, THE FOUNDERS OF NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM (NMDP) MADE A COMMITMENT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO TRANSPLANTS AND TO FIND PEOPLE WILLING TO DONATE AND SUPPORT RESEARCH TO EXTEND AND IMPROVE LIVES. NMDP'S MISSION STATEMENT - "WE SAVE LIVES THROUGH CELLULAR THERAPY" - CAPTURES AND COMMUNICATES THE REASON FOR NMDP'S EXISTENCE. EACH YEAR, NMDP INCURS PROGRAM MEDICAL EXPENSES RELATED TO MATCHING UNRELATED DONORS WITH PATIENTS. IN FY2021, MORE THAN 15,400 U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL SEARCHES OF THE BE THE MATCH REGISTRY WERE CONDUCTED ON BEHALF OF PATIENTS SEEKING A MATCHING DONOR OR CORD BLOOD UNIT.6,649 PATIENTS WENT ON TO RECEIVE A TRANSPLANT. SINCE BEGINNING OPERATIONS, NMDP HAS FACILITATED MORE THAN (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) 111,500 MARROW AND CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTS FOR PATIENTS.

RECRUITMENT - THE BE THE MATCH REGISTRY PROVIDES THE MOST DIVERSE LISTING OF POTENTIAL DONORS AND CORD BLOOD UNITS IN THE WORLD, WITH ACCESS TO 39 MILLION POTENTIAL DONORS AND 806,000 CORD BLOOD UNITS WORLDWIDE. IN FY2021, OVER 250,000 NEW POTENTIAL DONORS WERE ADDED TO THE BE THE MATCH REGISTRY. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MILLIONS ON THE REGISTRY, PATIENTS SOMETIMES STILL CANNOT FIND A MATCH. THIS IS DUE IN PART TO THE PATIENT'S ETHNIC BACKGROUND. ON AVERAGE, A PATIENT'S LIKELIHOOD OF FINDING A MATCH ON THE BE THE MATCH REGISTRY RANGES FROM 29% TO 79% DEPENDING ON THE ETHNIC BACKGROUND. SOME ETHNIC GROUPS HAVE MORE COMPLEX TISSUE TYPES THAN OTHERS, SO A PERSON'S BEST CHANCE OF FINDING A DONOR IS WITH SOMEONE OF THE SAME ETHNIC BACKGROUND. THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING DIVERSITY ON THE REGISTRY IS AN (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) ORGANIZATION GOAL AND PRIORITY AT BE THE MATCH.BE THE MATCH MEXICO WAS STARTED IN 2017. WITH THE GOAL OF REACHING MORE PATIENTS AND INCREASING DIVERSITY ON THE REGISTRY, WORK HAS BEGUN TO CREATE A NETWORK OF DONOR CENTERS AND FUNDRAISING PARTNERS IN MEXICO.

RESEARCH - RESEARCH INNOVATIONS ARE CRITICAL TO EXPANDING TREATMENT TO MORE PATIENTS AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES. EACH YEAR, BTMF IS PROUD TO INVEST IN RESEARCH THROUGH:ANTHONY NOLAN TRUST: PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE ANTHONY NOLAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN HLA CLASS I AND II SEQUENCE DATABASE AND PROVISION OF HLA CLASS I AND II SEQUENCE INFORMATION.BE THE MATCH'S CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT RESEARCH (CIBMTR) - A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN - IS THE LEADING HUB FOR TRANSPLANT AND CELL (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) THERAPY RESEARCH. BTMF HELPS TO FUND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES LED AND MANAGED BY THE CIBMTR.

OTHER PROGRAM SERVICESPUBLIC AWARENESS - NMDP WORKS WITH PATIENT FAMILIES, FAITH COMMUNITIES, CORPORATIONS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE PATIENTS HOPE BY JOINING THE REGISTRY, MAKING A GIFT THROUGH BE THE MATCH FOUNDATION (BTMF), ANDVOLUNTEERING. IN ADDITION, NMDP IS A LEADER IN PROVIDING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WITH THE EDUCATION, RESOURCES AND SERVICES THEY NEED TO PROVIDE THE BEST CARE FOR TRANSPLANT PATIENTS.