{"id":16358,"date":"2014-06-19T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T20:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=16358"},"modified":"2014-06-20T12:22:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T16:22:20","slug":"canton-ogdensburg-host-bone-marrow-donor-registration-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2014\/06\/19\/canton-ogdensburg-host-bone-marrow-donor-registration-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Canton, Ogdensburg host bone marrow donor registration next week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Wright’s-stained bone marrow aspirate smear from a patient with leukemia, a disease often treated with a bone marrow transplant. Image: VashiDonsk<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/em>Every year in the United States, 9.2 million people donate blood<\/a>, according to the Red Cross. Far fewer donate bone marrow, in part because it’s a lot harder<\/a>. \u00a0But it is sorely needed, and next Wednesday you can register to be a bone marrow donor at locations in Canton and Ogdensburg (more info below).<\/p>\n

14,000 people with blood cancer and other illnesses need bone marrow transplants each year. In many cases, patients can find donors within their families; but a lot turn to an unrelated donor on the national registry.<\/p>\n

Here’s how registration works: You’ll need to be between 18 and 55. When you go in, you’ll have a simple cheek swab that takes no longer than five minutes. Once you are registered, you will be a part of Delete Blood Cancer DKMS, which is the world\u2019s largest bone marrow donor center.<\/p>\n

Your human leukocyte antigen (HLA), which determines whether or not you match with a patient, will then anonymously appear on the national registry. If you match with a patient at any point in the future, you will be contacted to begin the process if you wish to donate.<\/p>\n

Donors have the option between two donation methods- a peripheral blood stem dell donation and a marrow donation. Both methods take 1-2 days to complete and your marrow will completely replenish itself within a few weeks.<\/p>\n

The first registration time will be held Wednesday, June 25th<\/sup> from 9:00am-12:30pm at the Dobisky Center, 100 Riverside Drive in Ogdensburg. The second registration will also be held Wednesday, June 25th<\/sup> from 2:30pm-5:30pm at the Golf Lounge in the Best Western, 90 E. Main St. in Canton. To learn more about becoming a donor and registering, visit deletebloodcancer.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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