For more information on marrow donation, please select one of the following links:

Donor Organizations
Patient Websites
Donor Stories
Other Related Sites

Donor Organizations:

• National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP): The NMDP is an international leader in the facilitation of unrelated marrow and blood stem cell transplantation.

• Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M): A3M registers potential donors for the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and serves as a resource for the Asian and Pacific Islander communities.

• Cammy Lee Leukemia Foundation, Inc. (CLLF):  Based in New York, CLLF addresses the severe need of recruiting more Asian/Pacific Islander and minority volunteer bone marrow / stem cell donors.

• Asian American Donor Program (AADP):  Based in San Francisco, The AADP is a community non-profit organization geared towards saving lives.  Asians are desperately needed to register as potential marrow/stem cell donors. 

Patient Websites:

• Alan Kuo: Over three years ago, this cancer researcher at UCSF received a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).  Read his latest news as he goes for full recovery.

• Miracle for Jimby: A 40-year-old Filipino-American from New Jersey, Jimby McIlvaine is going through the biggest battle in his life, for his life.  He was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and is still in search of his life-saving donor.

• Zak Rossbach:  Zak was adopted from Thailand as a five-year-old and was diagnosed in June 1997 with Severe Aplastic Anemia (SAA). He had a BMT in September, 1998 from a donor of South Asian descent and is doing very well.

• Kyle Wu was born in 1987 and lived in Michigan. He was diagnosed with Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) in 1997 and underwent an unrelated bone marrow transplant at University of Minnesota Bone Marrow Transplant Program in October, 1998.  However, he passed away from complications in November 22, 1999.

• The Anissa Foundation: Anissa Ayala received a life-saving bone marrow transplant from her sister Marisa Ayala about a decade ago. 

Donor Websites:

• Ronald Balbuena:  In September 1997, Ron donated marrow to an 8-year-old boy from Malaysia who had acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). 

• Alan Dix was a donor in 1998 for a 14 year old boy with leukemia.

• Mike Hofschulte: A very informative description of the marrow donation process by a very enthusiastic donor.

Other Related Sites:

• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America: Fighting blood-related cancers.

• City of Hope: A research pioneer of bone marrow and stem cell transplantation

• American Red Cross: