National / Science & Health Jan 10, 2022
More registrations from younger people needed for bone marrow donor bank
More than 26,000 bone marrow transplants from nonblood-related donors have been performed over the three decades since the Japan Marrow Donor Program (JMDP) was founded. But Yoshihisa Kodera, head of the organization, says it is important to increase the number of donors from younger ...
National May 7, 2020
Japan Red Cross seeks donors as blood and bone marrow supplies run low
The coronavirus hasn't just crippled the economy, it has also scared away those who supply the one thing that hospitals need most: blood.