AUSTRIA · GEBEN FÜR LEBEN
Joining a stem cell donor registry from Austria
For people who live in Austria. Live somewhere else? Find your country.
2 registries sign up people who live in Austria. You only need to join one. Here’s who can join, how it works and what happens after.
You can join here, through Geben für Leben.
Browsing from another country? See how joining works where you live.
Ways to join
2 services sign up people who live in Austria. You only need to join one.
Geben für Leben
Run by Verein "Geben für Leben – Leukämiehilfe Österreich", a nonprofit organization.
16–45years old to join
- Who it’s for
- People who live in Austria, aged 16 to 45.
- Language
- German
Why this one first Takes the widest age range in Austria (16–45), online with a typing kit by post; the Austrian Red Cross and MedUni Wien are the other routes.
Link checked Read the registry’s rules (opens in a new tab)
Austrian Red Cross
Run by Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz – Stammzellspenderzentrum (Blutspendezentrale Wien, Niederösterreich, Burgenland), a blood service.
16–34years old to join
- Who it’s for
- People who live in Austria, aged 16 to 34.
- Language
- German
Who this suits People aged 16 to 34. Its center serves Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, and it posts kits anywhere in Austria.
Who can join
These are Geben für Leben’s rules, in short. Its own pages have the full list, and the registry decides.
- Where you live
- Austria.
- Age to join
- 16 to 45
- Your health
- Most healthy adults can join. Some conditions rule it out. Read the registry’s health rules (opens in a new tab)
What happens after you join
From your sample to a possible call. Each registry runs its own process; these are the steps they share.
Check you can join.
Geben für Leben sets its own age range and health rules. Its own pages have them.
Give a sample.
The registry takes a sample to record your tissue type. Its own pages say how.
You’re on the registry.
Your tissue type is recorded, so searches for patients can find you.
If you match a patient.
The registry contacts you, checks you’re still willing and well, and arranges more tests.
Donation.
If you go ahead, you’ll donate blood stem cells or bone marrow. The registry explains what’s involved and supports you through it.
Keep your contact details up to date so the registry can reach you. What donating is like
Questions
Can I join if I’m not a citizen?
Registries usually decide by where you live, not by nationality. Geben für Leben’s own rules say who can join.
I’m already on another country’s registry. Do I join again?
Registries share their lists with searches around the world, so ask your registry before you join a second one.
Is giving blood the same as joining?
Giving blood helps patients who need transfusions. It doesn’t put you on a stem cell donor registry unless that registry says it does.
Who is the Jada Bascom Foundation?
We’re a US charity. We don’t run a registry, and we aren’t part of Geben für Leben. We help people find the official registry where they live.
Live somewhere else?
Registries usually sign up people by where they live, not by nationality.
Learn more
BE SOMEONE’S TORSTEN
The same search found Jada’s donor in Germany.
Jada was a baby in Spokane, Washington, when doctors found she had acute myeloid leukemia. Her match was a stranger five thousand miles away: Torsten, who had joined the DKMS registry at a donor drive in Germany the year before she was born. If you live in Austria, your place in that search starts with Geben für Leben.
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Sources
The registries’ own pages
- Geben für Leben - Leukämiehilfe Österreich. Als Stammzellspender:in registrieren (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
- Geben für Leben. Impressum (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
- Geben für Leben. Homepage counters (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
Government and official registers
- Jada Bascom Foundation. About us: Jada’s story. Undated.Checked
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