COLOMBIA · DARCÉLULAS
Joining a stem cell donor registry from Colombia
For people who live in Colombia. Live somewhere else? Find your country.
A registry for people in Colombia is being set up by DarCélulas. Some details aren’t settled yet, and we say which.
A registry is starting. Pre-register with DarCélulas.
Browsing from another country? See how joining works where you live.
Ways to join
One service signs up people who live in Colombia: DarCélulas.
DarCélulas
Run by Instituto Distrital de Ciencia, Biotecnología e Innovación en Salud (IDCBIS), a nonprofit organization.
18–55years old to join
- Who it’s for
- People who live in Colombia, aged 18 to 55.
- Language
- Spanish
Where a card has no join button, use the registry’s own pages for now. We link to a sign-up page only once we’ve checked the exact page the button opens.
Who can join
These are DarCélulas’s rules, in short. Its own pages have the full list, and the registry decides.
- Where you live
- Colombia.
- Age to join
- 18 to 55
- 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.
DarCélulas 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. DarCélulas’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 DarCélulas. 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 Colombia, your place in that search starts with DarCélulas.
Download the card
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Sources
The registries’ own pages
- IDCBIS - DarCélulas. DarCélulas - Registro Nacional de Donantes de Células Progenitoras Hematopoyéticas (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
- IDCBIS - DarCélulas. ¡Quiero preinscribirme! (opens in a new tab) Undated.Checked
- IDCBIS. Quiénes somos (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
Government and official registers
- Alcaldía de Bogotá (bogota.gov.co). Más de 20.000 colombianos dijeron sí a donar médula ósea (opens in a new tab). Updated Sep 19, 2026.Checked
- Jada Bascom Foundation. About us: Jada’s story. Undated.Checked
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