Stem cells,
are immature.
Cells that can develop into any cell present in the
bloodstream. They are self-renewing.
Undifferentiated cells with a remarkable capacity to become different types
of specialized cells.
Hematopoetic stem cells can become a variety of specialized
cells, including red,
blood cells,
and innate immune cells and adaptive immune.
So patients with diseases,
such as Leukemia,
Lymphoma multiple myeloma,
and other blood based cancer,
may need a stem cell transplant as part of their
treatment. Treatment for these
cancers can cause a patient's hematopoietic stem
cells to become damaged,
and dysfunctional.
Leaving these patients in desperate need of a stem cell
transplant,
for constitute immune and blood function.
Donors may be asked to donate either,
peripheral blood stem cells or bone marrow.
Currently there's a lack of available donors in Canada.
75% of patients cannot find a match within their own
family and need to wait on a registry to be
able to find a match.
There is an urgent need to recruit potential donors.
On one match,
the Canadian Blood Services stem cell registry.
The goal is to find healthy committed donor,
for genetic matching to patients,
who require stem cell transplant.
Furthermore,
the ethnicity of donors matter the odds of finding a
match, if you are a Caucasian descent is 80% likelihood of
finding a match if you are ever minority.
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is 30%.
And if you are a member of a smaller ethnic
group, you're asking me as low as 1%,
that's there is a necessity to add potential.
Donors of all ethnicities to the registry.
You have the power to save a life.
If you go to McMaster University,
the stencil Club holds a stem-cell drive,
each year at this driver others like it you will
get to talk to the volunteers and discuss how eligible
you are to donate your eligible to donate.
If you are between 17 and 35 years of age
in good General Health and have the valid provincial Health
Care coverage.
Males are also more sought-after to donate them.
Female.
You may be sent to the registration station where you
will be educated on the donation methods.
The risks that come with them and that you have
the right to withdraw.
At any point between registering and donated,
you will need to give your informed consent to be
a donor and fill out,
a registration sheet of your inner cheek taken to collect
yourself.
You will then wait to see if you are a
match. You can have on that very quickly or you may
never be contacted.
If you are chosen as a match for someone,
you will have to undergo a physical exam with a
position and do some medical tests to ensure that you
are healthy and able to donate cell safely.
If you are eligible to donate,
you will have to consent to do.
Once more,
the patient will begin their preparation for the transplant.
Once they are notified that you have consented.
There are two different types of stem cell donation,
a peripheral blood,
stem cell donation,
involves taking the donor's blood running it through a filter
and returning the filtered blood to the body simultaneously.
This is about a six-hour procedure and the donor will
be given medications beforehand.
Some side effects of this type of donation,
include aches,
fatigue,
and nausea from the medication.
The second type of donation,
Which is less.
Common is a bone marrow.
Procedure in this type of donation.
The donor is placed under local anesthesia,
and a physician places in Needle into the mirror of
the pelvic bone and extract the marrow from it.
Some risks of a bone marrow,
procedure include hip pain and soreness around the area that
the mirror was extracted fatigue and nausea donors of either
type of donation,
should expect a very quick recovery time and they're able
to return home shortly after the McMaster stem-cell Club is
a student-run organization.
Aiming to improve the Present and future of regenerative medicine.
Primarily,
through the recruitment of potential stem cell donor has won
one match as mentioned before the stem cell Club.
Hold the stem cell Drive each year with the hopes
of increasing the registry of potential donors.
There are many factors to look for when searching for
a donor recipient Stem Cell match with the most important
owner Factor being the level of HLA protein compatibility.
Even between siblings.
There is only a one-in-four chance that their cells will
be a match finding a match for a patient that
requires a stem cell transplant is like searching for a
needle in a haystack.
This is why it is so important to have a
database that contains multiple potential matches for each patient,
quite literally by agreeing to be a potential stem cell
donor.
You are potentially saving someone's life.
If you are McMaster student or faculty member interested in
becoming a potential stem cell donor,
check in,
with the McMaster stem-cell club,
for updates on upcoming stem-cell drive.
If you are unable to attend the next upcoming stencil
Drive,
visit the link in the description box for more information
on how you can become a potential donor.
If you are interested in stem cell research,
visit the McMaster stem cell and Cancer Research Institute.
The link is in the bio for more information on
subject.
And remember,
you have the power to give