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The bone marrow registry recorded a 65% increase in registered youth donors, translating to more than 3 000 possible donors. (Getty)
BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT

What’s behind SA’s surge in bone marrow stem cell donations?

The bone marrow registry recorded a 65% increase in registered youth donors, translating to more than 3 000 possible donors

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
The South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR) still boasts more than 73 000 donors on its register, although it is in the market for many more. (Photo by Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images)
BLOOD DONOR

The South African Bone Marrow Registry celebrates 30 years of saving lives

‘It’s not drilling into bones!’: Misconceptions keep donors away, says SABMR, but a match outside of a patient’s family is a needle in a haystack

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
Lisa King, a Sangamo BioSciences Inc. research associate, isolates DNA at the Sangamo BioSciences lab in Point Richmond, California, U.S., on Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
BONE MARROW

More ethnically diverse bone marrow donors needed to save lives

The myth that regenerative stem cells are body parts has led to donor reluctance

  • Chris Bateman
7 min read