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About Be The Match®
Be The Match helps patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other diseases who need a marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant. People can join the Be The Match Registry® – the world’s largest listing of potential marrow donors and donated cord blood units – contribute financially and volunteer. Patients and their families can also turn to Be The Match for support and resources before, during and after transplant. Be The Match is operated by the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), a nonprofit organization that matches patients with donors, educates health care professionals and conducts research so more lives can be saved. For more information, visit BeTheMatch.org or call 1 (800) MARROW-2.
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Be The Match helps patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other diseases who need a marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant. People can join the Be The Match Registry® – the world’s largest listing of potential marrow donors and donated cord blood units – contribute financially and volunteer. Patients and their families can also turn to Be The Match for support and resources before, during and after transplant. Be The Match is operated by the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), a nonprofit organization that matches patients with donors, educates health care professionals and conducts research so more lives can be saved. For more information, visit BeTheMatch.org or call 1 (800) MARROW-2.
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Overview
Location
United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis
Employees
1001-5000
Phone
+1 800-627-7692
Founded date
1987
Mentions in press and media 16
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| Oct 14, 2022 | Mother and cancer survivor meets stem cell donor who gave her a second chance at life at City of Hope's Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Reunion | College professor Christine Chen found out she had a rare tumor after giving birth to her daughter LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- College professor and mother Christine Chen looked forward to hugging a person she had never met —... |
| Nov 14, 2021 | GOOD NEWS: Former Odessan represents DKMS at NYC marathon | Ricky Martinez completes the 2021 NYC marathon in 3:27:57. (Courtesy Photo) Ricky Martinez, formerly of Pecos and Odessa, represented DKMS at the 2021 NYC marathon on Nov. 7. Martinez expresses, “I am happy to let everyone know that I train... |
| Mar 3, 2021 | Georgia General Assembly Proclaims March 4, 2021 "Be The Match Day" To Help Add More Donors on the to Be The Match Registry | |
| Mar 2, 2021 | Family holds drives to find compatible bone marrow donor for grandmother | Thornton resident Bonnie Thomson, or “Grandma Bon Bon” as her grandchildren call her, is described by her son Stephen Thomson and daughter-in-law Kelly Thomson as the glue that holds their family together. Attending all of her grandchildren... |
| Dec 18, 2020 | Rearview: Stepping up to help others brings with it many rewards | COURTESY PHOTO Dean Kaneshiro led the Pau Hana Pumpers from 1996 to 2019. The group’s motto was “Older-Wiser-Stronger.” COURTESY PHOTO Renee Chung donated bone marrow to Buck Lane of Tennessee 28 years ago. She’s one of over 460 islanders w... |
| Jan 15, 2020 | Previously unseen mutations in stem cells of young donors can be passed to recipients, study finds | Doctors use stem cell transplants to treat patients with certain cancers or blood disorders. And donors, whose blood or bone marrow is used for the procedures, are typically young, for a variety of reasons. But a pilot study released Wednes... |
| Sep 16, 2019 | Could editing the DNA of embryos with CRISPR help save people who are already alive? | Amid last year’s backlash against the birth of the world’s first genetically edited babies, some experts preached prudence: Editing the genomes of embryos, they argued, could one day “cure” people of diseases before they’re even born. But t... |
| Mar 28, 2019 | 10 ways to make money by selling your body to science | Jeff T. Green/Getty Images You can make thousands of dollars by donating some time or body parts to science. But these procedures are not all painless, and not everyone can participate. Below is a short list, though be warned: these strateg... |
| Jul 27, 2016 | Why So Many Celebrities Keep Their Babies' Umbilical Cord Blood | Back in April, Nick Carter let the world know that he had a private umbilical cord blood bank. Carter tagged the pic #notasponsoredpost, #stemcelltherapy, and #LOOKITUP. I did, in fact, #LOOKITUP; cord blood banking is the practice of stori... |
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FAQ about Be The Match
When was Be The Match founded?
Be The Match was founded in 1987.
What has the press written about Be The Match?
Parsers VC has collected 16 articles mentioning Be The Match, among them “Mother and cancer survivor meets stem cell donor who gave her a second chance at life at City of Hope's Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Reunion” (Oct 14, 2022) and “GOOD NEWS: Former Odessan represents DKMS at NYC marathon” (Nov 14, 2021).
Is Be The Match still active?
Yes, Be The Match is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jan 5, 2024.