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Living Donation Discussion and News => Living Donation Forum => Topic started by: monetnicole3 on November 04, 2011, 09:25:52 AM

Title: Bone Marrow directed?
Post by: monetnicole3 on November 04, 2011, 09:25:52 AM

Can you donate bone marrow directed towards a certain person in need if already on registry?

Title: Re: Bone Marrow directed?
Post by: Michael on November 04, 2011, 10:42:40 AM

You can certainly be tested to see if you're a match to that person.

Matching of bone marrow is very precise, so the odds of a match to a given person are much lower than for kidney or other forms of living donation. But, even if you're not a match to that person, you might match someone else in the registry.