The Registration Kit

If you register online, or request a kit by email or phone, you will receive a bone marrow donor kit in the mail. The kit consists of:

• One packet of cotton cheek swabs (each packet contains two swabs)
• Instructions on how to collect cheek cells
• Self-addressed mailing packet

In short, you swab the inside of your cheek, and mail the swabs to our lab in the self-addressed mailer. It takes about 4-6 weeks for your tissue to be DNA-typed.

Once the typing is completed, you will be entered in the national registry, and you will receive a donor card in the mail.