DENMARK · DANISH STEM CELL DONORS – WEST
Joining a stem cell donor registry from Denmark
For people who live in Denmark. Live somewhere else? Find your country.
2 registries sign up people who live in Denmark. You only need to join one. Here’s who can join, how it works and what happens after.
You can join here, through Danish Stem Cell Donors – West.
Browsing from another country? See how joining works where you live.
Ways to join
Where you live in Denmark decides which registry signs you up. Each one says who it’s for.
If you live west of the Great Belt
Danish Stem Cell Donors – West
Run by Region Midtjylland, a public body.
18–55years old to join
- Who it’s for
- People who live in Denmark, west of the Great Belt (Jutland and Funen), aged 18 to 55.
- Language
- Danish
Why this one first Denmark’s national sign-up on sundhed.dk, which serves both Danish registries: a health questionnaire, then a swab kit by post (18–55).
Link checked Read the registry’s rules (opens in a new tab)
If you live east of the Great Belt
Danish Stem Cell Donors – East
Run by Danish Stem Cell Donors – East (Rigshospitalet blood bank, Copenhagen), a public body.
18–55years old to join
- Who it’s for
- People who live in Denmark, east of the Great Belt (Zealand and Copenhagen), aged 18 to 55.
- Language
- Danish
Read Danish Stem Cell Donors – East’s own page (opens in a new tab)
Who can join
These are Danish Stem Cell Donors – West’s rules, in short. Its own pages have the full list, and the registry decides.
- Where you live
- Denmark. Where you live there decides which registry signs you up.
- Age to join
- 18 to 55
- How long you stay on the registry
- Until your 61st birthday, unless you ask to leave.
- 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.
Danish Stem Cell Donors – West 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. Danish Stem Cell Donors – West’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 Danish Stem Cell Donors – West. 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 Denmark, your place in that search starts with Danish Stem Cell Donors – West.
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Sources
The registries’ own pages
- Aarhus Universitetshospital. Bliv stamcelledonor (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
- sundhed.dk. Stamcelledonation (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
Government and official registers
- Jada Bascom Foundation. About us: Jada’s story. Undated.Checked
Research and other sources
- Bloddonorerne i Danmark. Bliv stamcelledonor (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
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