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Bad blood between bone marrow operators

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THERE APPEARS to be bad blood between two of the country’s biggest bone marrow operators, the SA Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR) and Deutsche Knochenmarkspenderdatei (DKMS) based in Germany but operating in South Africa.

The SAMBR cautioned other registries operating in South Africa against outsourcing donor searchers to international centralised hubs outside of the country, saying it could lead to local expertise being lost. Bone marrow registries recruit, register and search

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