Getting Tested :: Bone Marrow Donor Options

Know your Choices for Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Donation

Kashi Clinical Laboratories focuses on organizing and providing bone marrow and cord blood testing services to:

• Family and friends who are not part of a public bone marrow registry program (Private Marrow Testing)
• Unrelated bone marrow volunteers who want to participate in a marrow donor registry to help others in the U.S. or globally

If You Do Not Wish to Join a Public Bone Marrow Registry

If you would like to be tested for a specific family member or friend without joining any of the bone marrow registry data banks, Kashi Clinical Laboratories can provide the necessary bone marrow test kit and supplies directly to you or your healthcare provider.

Since tissue types are inherited, a patient's best chance of finding a match may be within his or her own family. Most people can be tested regardless of age or medical background. We offer a simple testing process. Call our toll-free number at 877-527-4452 or access the Pricing and Kit Ordering here at BoneMarrowTest.com, and we'll mail you the sample collection kit and full instructions with an easy return package. Physicians and transplant centers ultimately make the decision as to whether or not an individual is a suitable match.

Need help finding donors? Read our Patient Services section to put our experience to work for your cause. We offer Long Distance Donor Kits, genealogy and family drive resources, fundraising assistance, volunteer recruitment services and more.

If you are tested for a family member or friend, and in the future wish to join a public registry, you may do so if you choose. Learn how below.

If You Do Want to Volunteer to Join a Public Registry

An estimated 55 - 60% of the children and adults needing a stem cell transplant do not have a suitable bone marrow donor in their family and must seek an unrelated bone marrow donor.

A number of stem cell donor registries have been established in the U.S. and globally to help find matches for patients with leukemia, non-hodgkins lymphoma, anemia and other illnesses. These individuals have volunteered to be stem cell donors and receive an HLA test as part of the registry program.

Kashi Clinical Laboratories has relationships with all of the bone marrow donor registries. Below is the contact information for the National Marrow Donor Program® registry and The Caitlin Raymond International Registry, an independent registry. Contact either registry and follow their instructions to join.

National Marrow Donor Program
3001 Broadway Street Northeast
Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55413
General Information: 1-800-MARROW2 (1-800-627-7692)
Web site: www.marrow.org

The Caitlin Raymond International Registry
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655
Telephone: (800) 726-2824 or (508) 334-8969
Fax: (508) 334 8972
Web site: www.crir.org

DKMS Americas
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
33 East 33rd Street, Suite 501
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (800) 726-2824 or (508) 334-8969
Fax: (508) 334 8972
Web site: www.dkmsamericas.org
email: info@dkmsamericas.org

For more information please feel free to contact us at:
info@kashilab.com