An Overview Of Stem Cell Replacement

Who Can Donate?

Each registry system for stem cell donors has different health and demographic criteria an individual must meet to donate stem cells. In order for a donor to match with a recipient, they have to have HLA typing done from a standard blood test. Everyone has a set of blood cell surface proteins that include HLA markers and histocompatibility antigens. There are ten critical HLA markers that have to be compared in each individual to find out if the donor is a match. While each registry differs, the main criteria guidelines most of them have in common include being between eighteen and sixty years old and free of medical issues such as HIV/AIDS, bleeding problems, significant brain injury, cancer, heart disease, stroke, and chronic kidney problems. The criteria for stem cell donors who are unrelated to the recipient are often much more strict than the criteria guidelines for biologically related donors. In many circumstances, a family member who donates to another family member will have one or more pre-existing conditions or diseases that would prevent them from meeting the suitability criteria for unrelated stem cell donors.

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