Program Information We all have the power to help and the power to give hope. That's what Be The MatchSM is about.
It's about helping patients
Be The Match RegistrySM is the new name for the registry operated by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). We’ve been helping patients receive the transplants they need for more than 20 years.
Now, medical advances are making transplants available to more patients of all ages than ever before.
We introduced Be The Match in 2009 to meet this need by engaging a growing community of people inspired and committed to help patients in any way they can — by joining the registry, donating umbilical cord blood, contributing financially or getting involved.
It's about finding a match
Be The Match offers people the unique opportunity to help a patient by donating bone marrow or umbilical cord blood. Thousands of patients with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases depend on the Be The Match Registry to find a match.
A patient's doctor can contact the NMDP to search the Be The Match Registry and other registries worldwide to access more than 12 million donors and 300,000 umbilical cord blood units.
Many have already stepped forward — if you’ve already joined the NMDP Registry, you are a member of the Be The Match Registry and do not need to join again.
Many more are needed. The more people who join our Be The Match community, the more patients we will help — together.