Facts About Gift of Life
- Gift of Life is a North American donor registry dedicated to recruitment within the Jewish community, adding much needed ethnic diversity to the overall donor pool. It was the very first registry in the world with this goal.
- Gift of Life was the first registry in the world to utilize cheek swabs to test donors on a large scale at donor recruitment drives. Gift of Life started this practice in 2001. Since that time, other registries, most notably the National Marrow Donor Program, have begun to recruit with cheek swabs based on Gift of Life's success.
- Gift of Life was the first registry in the world to recruit donors online via its website, back in the year 2000.
- Gift of Life was one of the first registries in the world to transition to the practice of fully typing donors at initial recruitment on a routine basis back in 1999.
- Gift of Life is the only registry in the world founded and directed by a transplant recipient.
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