Founded in 1986 in Minneapolis, MN, the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) is a nonprofit organization  that operates the Be The Match Registry of volunteer hematopoietic cell donors and umbilical cord blood units in the United States. In major news released today, it announced that it is forming a new subsidiary called “Be The Match BioTherapies,” a division of the group that will focus on partnering with organizations developing cellular therapies.

To learn more, read the full press release, published below with permission from Jeffrey Chell, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of the NMDP/Be The Match. [Read more…]