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Bronx, N.Y. (October 24, 2014) – The Fordham University men's basketball Rams had a busy Thursday. After practicing and conditioning, members of the team headed to the McGinley Center lobby to help sign up potential donors with the Be The Match Registry^® program.
 
The Be The Match Registry^® is geared towards increasing the number of potential bone marrow donors. Participants completed a quick registration form and then submitted a swab of cheek cells using a cotton swab to determine tissue type.
 
Thousands of people with leukemia, lymphoma and other life-threatening diseases depend on the Be The Match Registry^® to find a match, an unrelated donor who can help give then a second chance at life.
 
Be The Match Registry^® is the donor registry operated by the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP). They've been helping patients receive the transplants they need for more than 25 years.
 
Now, medical advances are making transplants available to more patients of all ages than ever before.
 
Be The Match^® was introduced 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.
 
The National Marrow Donor Program^® (NMDP), a nonprofit organization, is the global leader in providing bone marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants to patients in need.  As Be The Match^®, it operates the Be The Match Registry^®, the world's largest listing of potential marrow donors and donated cord blood units and raise funds to help provide transplants to all patients through the Be The Match Foundation^®. They also match patients with donors, educate health care professionals and conduct research through their research arm, the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research^® (CIBMTR), so more lives can be saved.