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At RCMR, your participation is crucial in making a difference. Whether you're looking to become a donor, contribute financially, volunteer your time, or share your experiences, there are many ways to get involved. Each action you take helps us bridge the gap in representation and provides hope to those in need. Join us today and take the first step towards making a profound impact in the lives of others
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Register as a Donor Today & Become a Lifesaver!
Joining the Diverse Stem Cell and Blood Registry (RCMR) as a donor is a simple yet impactful way to make a difference. By registering, you can give hope to patients in need of life-saving treatments. Every registration brings us one step closer to finding the right matches and saving lives. Don’t wait—sign up now and become an essential part of our mission to enhance the future of regenerative medicine.
What is RCMR?
The Diverse Stem Cell and Blood Registry (RCMR) is a groundbreaking initiative focused on improving representation in life-saving donations. Our efforts aim to create a more inclusive donor registry, ensuring that every individual in need has access to life-saving treatments.
Pioneering Initiative
Comprehensive Donation Types
Bridging Representation Gaps
Awareness & Education
Community Engagement
Life-Saving Impact
Why Should You Register as a Donor?
Registering as a donor gives you the chance to save lives. Your donation could be the match someone desperately needs, especially for patients from diverse backgrounds. The process is simple, but the impact is huge—both for those you help and the community you inspire. Stay connected and see the difference you make.
Save Lives
Your donation could be the key to saving someone’s life. Many patients depend on stem cell transplants for their survival.
Diversity Matters
By donating, you help ensure that patients from diverse backgrounds have access to potential matches, greatly improving their chances of finding a donor.
Simple Process
The donation process is straightforward! With just a few simple steps, you can make a significant difference
Make a Difference in Your Community
Your decision to donate can inspire others and create a ripple effect of goodwill in your community.
Stay Informed
As a registered donor, you’ll receive updates about the impact your contributions are making in the lives of patients.
FAQs
RCMR offers patients a renewed opportunity for life, engaging closely with their families from the moment of diagnosis through the transplant process and beyond. The donor journey commences with a simple two-minute cheek swab, a pivotal step that could potentially result in a life-saving transplant.
Individuals must be between the ages of 16 (minimum) and 60 (maximum).
Applicants should generally be in good health.
Body Mass Index (BMI) must be below 40.
Applicants should not have recently solicited a swab online from RCMR.
Cord Blood Donors can join the register from birth.
Have an enlarged thyroid or underactive thyroid.
· Have stable and symptom-free thyroid conditions such as hypothyroidism or Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (not applicable for Graves' disease).
· Experience iron-deficiency anaemia that is treatable with iron supplements.
· Suffer from hay fever, mild asthma, or food allergies.
· Have had basalioma or cervical carcinoma in situ, provided they have been fully removed.
· Experience unipolar depression or mild depression without any limitations in daily life and have had no previous manic episodes.
· Have high blood pressure that is stable and well-controlled.
Registration will be unavailable if you have any of the following conditions:
Severe heart, lung, or kidney diseases
Severe illnesses of the central nervous system
Severe mental health conditions
Severe metabolic diseases
Addictions: alcohol, drugs, tablets
Severe tropical infectious diseases
Infectious diseases like HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C, syphilis
Systemic autoimmune diseases or other severe chronic illnesses, e.g., diabetes or rheumatism
Cancer, including previous cancer diagnosis.
Diseases of the haematopoietic system (blood disorders).
RCMR encourages individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds to sign up because tissue characteristics, including blood stem cell compatibility, can vary significantly among different ethnic groups.
Having a diverse pool of potential donors increases the chances of finding suitable matches for patients in need of transplants.
By registering with RCMR and providing information about your ethnic background, you contribute to the creation of a more comprehensive database of potential donors.
This database enables doctors to locate compatible donors more efficiently, potentially saving lives through faster matching processes.
The need for RCMR arises because the loss of lives is a pressing concern.
Every individual requiring a blood transfusion, stem cell therapy, or organ transplant depends on finding a suitable donor to meet their specific needs.
Unfortunately, as numerous families sadly attest, suitable donors are not always located. This challenge is especially pronounced, and unfairly so, within the mixed heritage and ethnic minority populations globally.
This has specially been highlighted in the UK, with the publishing of the “APPG Report "Where are our nation's donors?”
RCMR embodies a grassroots movement, fostering connections between donors and potential recipients to optimize the process of life-saving treatments. Our approach is adaptable and built on collaboration, ensuring swift and impactful solutions.
Individuals aged 16 to 60, in overall good health, are eligible to register as blood stem cell donors.
Those at age 16 can complete the registration process but will be included in the active registry after turning 18.
The upper age limit aims to safeguard donors' well-being and ensure optimal treatment for patients.
Younger donors are often preferred and typically encounter fewer health complications during donation.
Additionally, advancing age brings higher risks associated with anaesthesia.
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