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Old Sat Nov 8, 2014, 08:40 AM
Anthony Anthony is offline
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Originally Posted by GoodDay5150 View Post
I would guess that it is more cost effective to maintain a virtual database of potential donors rather than an actual database of potential donors. Most ppl on this site have a pretty good idea of how much medical care for our types of diseases costs, and the related costs of gathering, storing and maintaining the actual product would be very expensive.
We would be harvesting Bone Marrow from deceased organ donors -- so, someone who checked the "organ donation box". They would already be giving other organs, so it would be a trivial cost for us to additionally harvest bone marrow.

Also, something like 60% of the people who need bone marrow transplants currently *don't get them* and this would provide an additional source of marrow.

Not to mention the average wait time for those who DO get a transplant is 60 days, this method would be as short as 3.

With a small lab of ~150 samples, we could serve 20% of the population in need of a marrow transplant with a 7-8/8 quality sample and ~ 50% with a 6/8 quality sample.

Also, by using actual marrow vs. peripheral blood (the current norm), it appears we should be able to reduce graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) by 23% (53% with peripheral blood vs. 41% with marrow).
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