We are here for you
Your blood stem cell journey
There is a dedicated team at NMDP whose only goal is to get your new stem cells to you. The team communicates with the donor, coordinates travel for the courier, works closely with your transplant center team—and more!
You have a donor match
Your doctor identified a match on the NMDP RegistrySM. We called and the donor said yes!
Donation day
Your donor is excited (and maybe a little nervous). In most cases, their donation will take about 4-6 hours.
Planes, trains, and automobiles
The stem cells are whisked away by a courier while a team tracks delivery to your transplant center.
Transplant day
Your donor’s stem cells are ready for you and a new beginning.
Grow cells, grow
The whole team who helped along this journey are now cheering for you and your new cells.
Support for you and your family
We are here to help you get reliable, easy-to-read information from diagnosis through recovery. Call or email us for confidential, one-on-one support from our patient navigators and blood and marrow transplant social workers. We’ll listen and help you find answers. All of our programs and resources are provided to you at no cost.
Contacting my donor
Your donor may have been on the NMDP RegistrySM for weeks, months or even years. They are probably wondering who you are—just like you might be wondering about them! You may want to personally thank them or have a list of questions you want to ask. In many cases, this can happen. But, there are privacy rules that limit when and how you can connect to protect both you and your donor.
How to stay connected
Stay in touch
Join other patients and their families in receiving communications from NMDP to hear how fundraising helps save lives.
Host a donor drive
Help recruit donors to the registry by hosting an online or socially distanced in-person event.
Support the cause
Discover different ways to get involved—including volunteering, joining our legislative advocacy efforts and more.
Meet Donna and Tiana
Finding a Match Against the Odds
Donna and Tiana made history and moved us one step closer to a world where blood cancer is a thing of the past.
About NMDP
At NMDPSM, we believe each of us holds the key to curing blood cancers and disorders. As a global nonprofit leader in cell therapy, NMDP creates essential connections between researchers and supporters to inspire action and accelerate innovation to find life-saving cures. With the help of blood stem cell donors from the world's most diverse registry and our extensive network of transplant partners, physicians and caregivers, we're expanding access to treatment so that every patient can receive their life-saving cell therapy. NMDP. Find cures. Save lives.