The Japanese Red Cross Society may ask blood donors to simultaneously register with the bone-marrow bank when they donate blood, Red Cross officials said Saturday.
The number of people registered with the bone-marrow bank, an institution that helps people with leukemia and other serious blood diseases, has stayed flat at around 180,000 in recent years.
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