Gift Of Life Bone Marrow Foundation
The Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation is a public bone marrow, blood stem cell and umbilical cord blood registry headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. Gift of Life facilitates transplants for children and adults suffering from life-threatening illnesses, including leukemia, lymphoma, other cancers and genetic diseases.
Gift of Life was the first registry in the world to Human Leukocyte Antigen tissue type bone marrow donors on a mass scale at donor drives using buccal swabs.
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