Will it cost me to donate?
No, the patient’s insurance will cover the expenses.
No, the patient’s insurance will cover the expenses.
It is a specialized procedure and the cost to collect, process and store the cord blood is expensive. To make this cost-efficient,
Yes! The stem cells from the umbilical cords are vital cells that help save lives. Otherwise, they are just discarded in the
The donor can usually return to work in 2-3 days.
The recovery time for the hip extraction averages 7 days. A blood collection recovery is about 2-3 days on average.
Typically 10% is from the hip bone and 90% from the bloodstream. It usually depends on the donor’s preference.
Bone marrow donation is safe, complications are rare and usually minor. If the donor’s bone marrow cells are extracted from the hip,
BMT and SCT are often used interchangeably. Bone marrow stem cells can grow a bone marrow and long lived cells that maintain
A BMT is when bone marrow cells from a healthy person are given to somebody who has a blood condition, such as