Every year, thousand of people are diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses, and their best, or only, hope for a cure is a transplant from an unrelated bone marrow or blood stem cell donor. Since tissue type is inherited, a patient's best chance of finding a suitably matched donor lies with those of similar ethnic ancestry. Unfortunately, the worldwide donor pool is not representative of all ethnic and racial groups.
For a transplant to work, the donor's and recipient's tissue types must match. These are inherited, like hair and eye color, so genetic heritage is often a good predictor of matches. Yet many demographic groups have low representation in the registries, leaving some patients with little possibility of a livesaving transplant. Increasing the registry's diversity is an urgent need in order to save more lives.
75% of African American/Black and Multiracial blood cancer patients will never find a lifesaving donor.1
55% of Hispanic/Latino blood cancer patients will not survive due to the lack of a lifesaving donor in the registry. These communities have the highest rates of developing acute lymphocytic leukemia.2
The difficulty of finding matching marrow donors is due to the low number of diverse ethnic groups in the worldwide registry.3
At Clinique, we understand the power of ONE. Since 1968, every formula has undergone rigorous safety testing and if there's just one allergic reaction – just ONE – we start over. In partnering with Gift of Life Marrow Registry, we understand it only takes ONE person to make a difference. With nearly 100 diseases including blood cancer that can be cured by a stem cell or bone marrow transplant – our hope, by leveraging the diversity of our Clinique family, is that we will expand the Gift of Life Donor Registry – thereby giving more patients the opportunity to live a long and full life. Any ONE of us could be that ONE to save a life. So we ask: will you be the ONE?
A donor sponsored by Clinique has matched a 63 year old man battling Plasma Cell Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Clinique has matched a 66 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.
A donor sponsored by Clinique has matched a 50 year old woman battling Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia.
A donor sponsored by Clinique has matched a 71 year old man battling Myelodysplastic Disorder.