Gift of Life’s mission is to cure blood cancer through cellular therapy.

At Gift of Life we believe every person battling blood cancer deserves a second chance at life — and we are determined to make it happen. We are singularly passionate about engaging the public to help us get everyone involved in curing blood cancer, whether as a donor, a volunteer or a financial supporter. It all begins with one remarkable person, one life-changing swab and one huge win — finding a match and a cure.

About Blood Cancer

Blood cancer is an umbrella term for cancers that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system. In most blood cancers, normal blood cell development is interrupted by uncontrolled growth of abnormal blood cells. The abnormal blood cells can prevent blood from fighting off infection or preventing uncontrolled bleeding.

Unfortunately, blood cancer can strike any one of us at any time. Approximately every three minutes, a child or adult in the United States is diagnosed with a type of blood cancer. An estimated combined total of 184,720 people in the US are expected to be diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma in 2023.

There are three main types of blood cancers: Leukemia, cancer that is found in your blood and bone marrow; Lymphoma, blood cancer that affects the lymphatic system; and Myeloma, blood cancer that specifically targets your plasma cells.

For many, there is hope of a cure through a blood stem cell or marrow transplant. Today, transplantation, of healthy stem cells donated by related and unrelated volunteers, offers hope to many patients suffering from these sometimes deadly diseases. Only 30% of people who will require a stem cell transplant are able to find a matching donor within their family so 70% of patients will look for an unrelated donor on the registry. 

Advances in transplantation have made this procedure a reality for thousands who are alive today because a stranger gave them the Gift of Life! 

All it takes is a simple cheek swab to join the registry to see if you can be someone's life saving matching. Order your free swab kit to be sent to your house below by clicking JOIN REGISTRY. 

Thank you!