Thanks very much.
The issue of having younger donors arises from the fact that the outcomes of transplantation--rejection, etc.--are much lower in patients who receive such a transplant, so I think the impetus in registering those potential donors has to go to that kind of population, i.e., schools, universities, drives, in which this population is made aware of the benefits of stem cell donation and the ease of stem cell donation.
I had a conversation with my kids over the weekend about that and both have already registered, without any kind of incentive. So what I'm saying is that you have to convince people that, yes, it is something good to do, easy to do, takes little time, and is renewable. The stem cells are renewed very quickly. You recover and do well after that. And you can save a life by doing this.
So getting drives in the right population age is important. The attrition rate of the banks, when you get to age 40 or 50, is very high, so we're losing a lot of donors. As I say, schools--even high schools--and universities should be targeted, and of course ethnic groups in a different format, be that through cultural or other events.