Prepare to donate

Where and when you donate

Your health is always our top priority. That’s why we work with highly specialized, certified, and experienced collection centers located at hospitals or blood centers.

We make every effort to ensure your stem cell donation is carried out in a clinic close to your home, although in some cases important factors may mean you need to travel. DKMS will organize and pay for your travel.

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The briefing call.

A potential match

What to expect from a briefing call

The briefing call provides all the information you need about making a bone marrow or blood stem cell donation.

Prepare to donate

Where and when you donate

Your health is always our top priority. That’s why we work with highly specialized, certified, and experienced collection centers located at hospitals or blood centers.

Ari Sohn donating stem cell DKMS

Stem cell donation

Peripheral blood stem cell collection

The most common method of stem cell removal is peripheral stem cell collection, which is used in around 80 percent of cases. Here, stem cells are obtained from the blood by a special procedure called apheresis.

There are many ways to get involved and support our mission.

You could be raising awareness, join the registry, hosting your own event, taking on a fundraising challenge, or anything in between.

Host a donor drive

The patients we help

People with smartphones about to register as a donor

Hand holding a phone with a red background and white text reading, "Just one swab can give hope to thoughts of patients."

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