The Biomedicine Agency and its counterparts in Spain and Italy have decided to carry, in the same day, a strong message in favor of patients and thus increase the size of their bone marrow donor registries. Together, they have therefore decided to make, this next September 28, the first International Bone Marrow Donor Day.
Created in 1986, the France Marrow Registry is at the service of patients who need a bone marrow transplant but who do not have a compatible donor in their siblings. It brings together all of the bone marrow donation volunteers in France, currently just over 200,000 donors. In the world, there are 71 registers of the same style, grouped together in the World Marrow Donor Association.
 € œEvery register counts, and networking them allows patients with serious blood pathology and in need of a bone marrow transplant to access the donor who will best match them in terms of their overall health. Netics and thus maximize the chances of a successful transplant ”emphasizes the Biomedicine Agency. This is how, last year, 113 French donors were collected for international patients and 727 international donors were collected for patients. French.
Many serious blood diseases such as leukemia or lymphomas, can be treated with a bone marrow transplant. Each year, 2,000 new patients need this transplant for an additional chance of recovery. However, the compatibility between the patient and the donor depends on particular genetic criteria. This is why the more donors there are, the more the probability of saving the sick increases.
In an attempt to increase the number of potential donors, agencies in France, Spain and Italy are therefore launching a day of joint action, to raise awareness among residents from south-eastern Europe to bone marrow donation and cord blood donation. From September 28th, by connecting to the site www.dondemoelleosseuse.fr, Internet users will have the opportunity to participate in this chain of European solidarity by becoming a “watchman of life”. A single challenge: to be even more numerous to give patients an additional hope of recovery.
