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National Marrow Donor Program  

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  • IN THE 1950S it was shown that bone-marrow transplants could be used to treat patients with leukemia and other blood cancers. Because it is difficult to find a suitable donor for a particular patient, Congress established what would become the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) to create an international registry of marrow donors. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)]

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