# Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry (WBMDR)

Source: https://onco.cc/institutions/welsh-bone-marrow-donor-registry/  
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## TL;DR

The stem cell donor register run by the Welsh Blood Service. People can join from 16 until their 31st birthday, or until their 46th if they are of Black, Asian, mixed heritage or minority ethnic background.

## Summary

The Welsh Blood Service, the primary supplier of blood products to NHS Wales, manages the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry, which supplies stem cell products nationally and internationally. The registry is a panel of volunteers willing to donate bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells, searched daily for matches. People can join from age 16 until their 31st birthday, or until their 46th birthday if they are of Black, Asian, mixed heritage or minority ethnic background, by asking at a blood donation appointment, and remain on the panel until their 61st birthday. The service notes that 75 per cent of UK patients will not find a matching donor in their family.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: WBMDR; Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry
- Tags: transplant; stem-cell
- City: Pontyclun, GB
- Type: government
- Website: https://www.welsh-blood.org.uk/donating-stem-cells/

## Sources

- Welsh Blood Service: donating stem cells: https://www.welsh-blood.org.uk/donating-stem-cells/
- Welsh Blood Service: about us: https://www.welsh-blood.org.uk/about-us/
- WMDA: Find your registry (member map): https://wmda.info/find-your-registry/
- WMDA Share profile ION-1726: https://share.wmda.info/display/WMDAREG/ION-1726

## Connected records

- institutions: [Anthony Nolan](https://onco.cc/institutions/anthony-nolan/), [NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry](https://onco.cc/institutions/nhs-stem-cell-donor-registry/), [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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