NMDP Selected To Be National

Cord Blood Coordinating Center

The National Marrow Donor Program has been selected by the
U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to be the coordinating center for the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program.

The congressionally authorized program will provide federal funding to multiple cord blood banks to increase the number of units available for matches.  The long-term goal is an additional 150,000 cord blood units.