When it comes to bone marrow donation, current law holds that donors cannot be compensated. However, pending a lawsuit currently being filed, bone marrow donation
Thus far, foreign countries had marrow donor registries, but now, India has also registered its name in the same list.India’s Mumbai first became the first to join the league with the Marrow Donor Registry India (MDRI).MDRI will be a database of bone marrow donors and the donor marrow can be used treating patients fighting life-threatening blood disorders in India or abroad.
Twenty-four women who volunteered to stay in bed for two months in France have helped a Canadian doctor gain insight into a health challenges that could someday face astronauts travelling to Mars: rapidly-aging bone marrow.