50,000th stem cell donation for blood cancer patients

Tübingen - The German bone marrow donor database () has referred to the 50,000th stem cell donation for leukemia patient unknown to the donor. “50,000 stem cell transplants mediated by DKMS donors - that's as many chances in life as football fans in sold-out stadium. We owe all of this to our great DKMS donors, who completely unselfishly help patients in need, ”said DKMS managing director Sandra Bothur. Transplant centers and, last but not least, the help of donors, all of which would have contributed to the mutual success.

The 50,000th donation was made on June 25th by student from Erkrath in North Rhine-Westphalia. They are for 54 year old blood cancer patient in the United States. "Everyone participate! I can only appeal to everyone, whether in Germany or anywhere else in the world, to register for bone marrow donation, "said the donor.

According to the DKMS, more than 917,000 people worldwide develop blood cancer every year. The DKMS family claims to be the largest international stem cell donor database - their share of stem cell donations worldwide is over 38 percent. In addition to Germany, it is also represented in the USA (Delete Blood Cancer DKMS), Poland (DKMS Polska), Spain (Fundación DKMS España) and in Great Britain (Delete Blood Cancer UK).