# Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (IBMDR)

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## TL;DR

Italy's national registry of unrelated bone marrow donors, founded in 1989 at the Galliera hospitals in Genoa. It searches for donors and cord blood units in Italy and abroad for patients with no family match.

## Summary

The IBMDR was set up in 1989 by E.O. Ospedali Galliera in Genoa when Italy began its national bone marrow donation programme. It was recognised as Italy's national registry by Law no. 52 of 6 March 2001 and, by a State-Regions agreement of 5 October 2006, as the single access point for searches for unrelated haematopoietic stem cells for transplant. Its stated aim is to find, for patients waiting for an allogeneic transplant who have no suitable family donor, an unrelated volunteer adult donor or a donated cord blood unit compatible enough for transplant; it states that 70 per cent of patients who need such a transplant have no compatible family donor. It is in contact with all 139 donor registries worldwide, coordinates selection, donation and collection wherever the donor is, and certifies and pays the costs of searches. It is accredited by WMDA.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: IBMDR; Registro Italiano Donatori di Midollo Osseo; Registro nazionale Italiano Donatori di Midollo Osseo
- Tags: transplant; stem-cell
- City: Genoa, IT
- Type: government
- Website: https://ibmdr.galliera.it/

## Sources

- IBMDR: chi siamo: https://ibmdr.galliera.it/chi-siamo
- WMDA: Find your registry (member map): https://wmda.info/find-your-registry/
- WMDA Share profile ION-7450: https://share.wmda.info/display/WMDAREG/ION-7450

## Connected records

- institutions: [E.O. Ospedali Galliera](https://onco.cc/institutions/ospedali-galliera/), [World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA)](https://onco.cc/institutions/wmda/)
- terms: [Allogeneic stem cell transplant (allo-SCT)](https://onco.cc/terms/allogeneic-transplant/)

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