Political Quotes

“I would like to reiterate the important work that the National Marrow Donor Program does for patients. Be The Match, operated by the National Marrow Donor Program, has facilitated more than 68,000 marrow and cord blood transplants, which is an average of more than 520 transplants a month. They conducted their first transplant as the National Marrow Donor Program in 1987. They also continue to lead the way in developing new cellular therapies, in advancing services to speed the transplant process, and improving treatments for post-transplant complications. Be The Match invests in dedicated researchers whose countless hours in the lab and caring for patients have helped more patients than ever before to receive a transplant. Beyond establishing the registry, investment in medical research over the years has been essential in helping find the answers that save the lives of more patients. In 1990, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Dr. E. Donnall Thomas for discoveries in cellular transplantation. In 1994, the first peripheral blood stem cell collected for use in unrelated transplants occurred. In 1998, the cord blood program was launched. In 2001, the NMDP Repository was built, one of the world's largest tissue sample storage facilities used for medical research.…”