Question 17011 — human blood and organs

Summary

Ms. Véronique de Montchalin draws the attention of the Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity to the enrichment and diversification of the national register of official bone marrow donors. The biomedicine agency in France estimates that 2,000 people each year need to receive a bone marrow transplant to hope to be cured of their disease. If the national donor register counts nearly 385 000 people in France and the international donor registry more than 41 million people, finding a compatible donor with the same biological identity card as the patient is extremely rare. Indeed, the highest rate of compatibility remains within siblings. Estimated at 1 in 4, this ratio drops to 1 in 1 million outside the family circle (source: French blood agency). In this regard, the enrichment and diversification of the national register of official donors therefore seems essential in response to the low compatibility rate. On the one hand, it must be remembered that 80% of bone marrow donations consist of a blood sample and not a spinal cord donation, equated with pain and a higher risk. On the other hand, the biomedicine agency in France has lowered the maximum age for registering on the register of official donors of spinal cord at 35 years old. In fact, it is between the ages of 18 and 35 that stem cells offer the greatest chance of survival after transplantation. Therefore, she asks him if a future awareness and communication campaign in this area is planned in the coming months, in order to contribute to a change in the perception of this act and to a greater mobilization of donors aged between 18 and 35 years old.

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