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Joining a stem cell donor registry from Estonia
For people who live in Estonia. Live somewhere else? Find your country.
Tartu University Hospital Stem Cell Center signs up people who live in Estonia. Here’s who can join, how it works and what happens after.
You can join here, through Tartu University Hospital Stem Cell Center.
Browsing from another country? See how joining works where you live.
Ways to join
One service signs up people who live in Estonia: Tartu University Hospital Stem Cell Center.
Tartu University Hospital Stem Cell Center
Run by Sihtasutus Tartu Ülikooli Kliinikum, a public hospital or university service.
18–35years old to join
- Who it’s for
- People who live in Estonia, aged 18 to 35.
- Languages
- Estonian, Russian and English
Why this one first The way to join in Estonia: register in person at Tartu, Tallinn or Pärnu (18–35); records are kept with Finland’s registry.
Link checked Read the registry’s rules (opens in a new tab)
Who can join
These are Tartu University Hospital Stem Cell Center’s rules, in short. Its own pages have the full list, and the registry decides.
- Where you live
- Estonia.
- Age to join
- 18 to 35
- How long you stay on the registry
- Until your 55th 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.
Tartu University Hospital Stem Cell Center 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. Tartu University Hospital Stem Cell Center’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 Tartu University Hospital Stem Cell Center. 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 Estonia, your place in that search starts with Tartu University Hospital Stem Cell Center.
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Sources
The registries’ own pages
- Tartu Ülikooli Kliinikum. Tüvirakuregister (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
- Tartu Ülikooli Kliinikum. Kuidas liituda (opens in a new tab). Undated.Checked
- Tartu Ülikooli Kliinikum. Põhinõudmised doonorile (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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