Illness and injury make transplants necessary. Donors make them possible.
- Be an organ & tissue donor. Organs & tissue from about 1,900 deceased and 1,500 living donors enabled almost 6,800 transplants the first three months of this year.
- Be a bone marrow or cord blood donor. Blood cells (from bone marrow, blood and umbilical cord blood) from living donors unrelated to their recipients have given 68,000 individuals a second chance at life since 1987.
The Nation's Organ Transplantation Program
- OrganDonor.gov the official U.S. Government Web site for organ donation and transplantation.
- Grant Programs fund organizations to increase donation.
- Authorizing Legislation: The National Organ Transplant Act (pdf), Public Law 98-507
C.W. "Bill" Young Cell Transplantation Program
- BloodCell.Transplant.HRSA.gov the official U.S. Government Web site for bone marrow and cord blood donation and transplantation.
- National Cord Blood Inventory builds and makes available a growing supply of cord blood units for transplantation and research.
- Authorizing Legislation: The Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005 (pdf) Public Law 109-129
