Each year, thousands of people benefit from potentially life-saving bone marrow transplants in this country. The procedure is complicated, the issues are multi-faceted, and there are many players involved. Transplants are used to treat certain types of blood cancers and diseases such as sickle cell anemia. 24% of siblings are a match, and the rest of the transplants come from unrelated volunteer donors, umbilical cord blood, and half-matched relatives. This panel explains who is eligible for a transplant, how they work, and the importance of donors. Guests include: Kimberly O’Connor, Donor Services Representative, Community Blood Services AND Marrow Donor; Roger K. Strair, MD, PhD., Chief, Blood and Marrow Cancers, Cancer Institute of New Jersey; SherryAnn Glasgow, Bone Marrow Recipient; Christina Merrill, MSW, Founder and Executive Director, The Bone Marrow Foundation.

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7/6/13

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