National Partnership
Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society is proud to announce its national partnership with NMDP. As a global nonprofit leader in cell therapy, NMDP creates essential connections between researchers and supporters to inspire action and accelerate innovation to find life-saving cures. For people with life-threatening blood cancers—like leukemia and lymphoma—or blood disorders like sickle cell, a cure exists. Since 1987, NMDP has facilitated more than 125,000 blood stem cell transplants.
Through the NMDP Chapters program, TriBeta holds campus registry drives and provides free swab kits for students to join the NMDP RegistrySM. Our TriBeta members and friends will help to grow and diversify the registry so that every patient can receive their life-saving cell therapy. With TriBeta’s mission of extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research and NMDP’s mission of saving lives through cell therapy, together we will save lives.
TOGETHER, we will save lives.
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Get Your Chapter Involved
Interested in hosting a campus registry drive through your chapter?
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NMDP provides great support in planning and executing these onsite events. Complete this short form to get started working with an NMDP representative today to bring an event to your campus or greater community. Your chapter can be a part of helping save someone's life.
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Over 300 people have joined the NMDP registry so far in this 2024-2025 Academic Year through TriBeta chapter donor drives across the country! Schedule your chapter's donor campus or community drive today with your local NMDP representative!
Free Online Course:
The Science Behind Matching Patients and Donors
Many may think that matching is based on having a similar blood type; however, it is based on human leukocyte antigens (HLA). HLA are proteins—or markers in your body.
An exclusive and complimentary online course has been released by NMDP for those interested in learning more about the process of matching patients and donors. It takes 15-20 minutes to complete.
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Click the link: HLA for the Rest of Us: An Introduction to HLA and Matching for Non-Science Folks
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Enter “TriBeta” before your first name in the “First Name” field. e.g. “TriBeta John”
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Take the course and encourage your classmates, peers, and friends to take the course as well.
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Class Lecture Series
Faculty Members:
Would you like a NMDP representative to provide a 30-45 minute presentation to your biology or other science classes? Let’s connect!
We have staff located across the country, volunteers, community teams in select areas, NMDP chapters (officially recognized student organizations) located on 30 campuses that also have a TriBeta chapter and 8 interns at HBCU’s where TriBeta is present.
Complete this short form to connect with a NMDP staff member.
Request a Swab Kit Today
There are two types of blood stem cell donation.
Both are safe, free and confidential.
Closing the Disparity Gap
Currently not all patients have an equal chance of finding a match. Patients are more likely to match with a donor of their own ethnic background. By adding more people ages 18-35 to the registry, we increase the odds of every patient finding their life-saving blood stem cell donor.
You can help by educating yourself and your peers on the need for more potential donors and the two types of donation. After education, you can join the registry and encourage your peers to do so as well.
Other Ways to Support the Mission
For individuals unable to join the NMDP Registry, there are many other ways to get involved. As a non-profit organization, we rely heavily on volunteers for a variety of activities—from swab kit labeling to legislative and advocacy efforts and fundraisers. Visit http://NMDP.org/tribeta to discover more about available opportunities.