Henan Stands out in the Love Relay of Unrelated HSC Donations

Henan Stands out in the Love Relay of Unrelated HSC Donations

这项爱的接力 河南一直是“优等生”

 

On the morning of June 30, Jiang Ganqing, a volunteer from Zhengzhou city (capital of Henan province) for unrelated hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) donation and a member of the Communist Party of China, donated his HSCs at the HSC Collection Center of Henan Tumor Hospital, becoming the 1,000th unrelated HSC donor in Henan.

6月30日上午，在省肿瘤医院造血干细胞采集中心，来自郑州的志愿者、共产党员姜淦卿成功捐献造血干细胞，成为我省第1000例非血缘关系造血干细胞捐献者。

Jiang Ganqing. [Photo/Henan Business Daily]

Henan ranks 3rd in China in the number of unrelated HSC donations

非血缘关系造血干细胞捐献总数，河南排全国第三

 

Henan has always stood out in the love relay.

在非血缘关系造血干细胞捐献这场爱的接力中，河南一直是“优等生”。

 

According to hematologist Song Yongping, director of Expert Committee of Henan Branch of China Marrow Donor Program (CMDP) by June 30, Henan ranked 3rd in China in the number of the unrelated HSC donations after Guangdong and Shandong. The number of voluntary donors who have their blood samples taken and registered at CMDP across the province has exceeded 141 thousand, being 2nd to Shandong and followed by Guangdong in China.

宋永平介绍，截至6月30日，河南非血缘关系造血干细胞捐献总数在全国排第三，仅次于广东和山东。累计采集血样加入中华骨髓库的河南志愿捐献者有14.1万余人，在全国排名第二，仅次于山东，高于广东。

 

What makes Henan so outstanding?

非血缘关系造血干细胞捐献，河南为何能表现如此优异？

 

Henan is not only a populous province, but also honors the spirit of boundless love with an increasing number of the HSC donors, said Song.

宋永平分析，首先河南是人口大省，人口基数大，河南也一直有淳朴的大爱传统，报名捐献的人积极踊跃。

 

Besides, Henan is an important birthplace of the Chinese nation. For thousands of years, a large number of people moved out of Henan. So from the perspective of genetics, the genes of Henan natives are more easily associated with the people from other places in China with a higher match rate. What's more, such achievements will not be achieved without the efforts of the Red Cross Societies at all levels.

另外，河南是中华民族的重要发祥地。千百年来，从河南地区往全国各地迁徙的人很多，从遗传学看，河南人的基因更容易与许多地区的人产生关联，配型的成功率高。还有就是各级红十字会的组织协调、有力推进。

 

It took Henan 19 years to reach 1,000 unrelated HSC donations from the first case in 2003.

据了解，河南省非血缘关系造血干细胞捐献，在2003年实现了零的突破，到1000例捐献，用了19年。

 

As many professionals know, "Reaching 1,000 is not only a milestone, but a landmark."

在不少专业人士看来，“非血缘关系造血干细胞捐献达到1000例，是个坎儿，也有标志性意义。”

 

Why is it so hard to exceed 1,000 cases?

突破1000例，为啥这么难？

 

According to Zhang Shuhuan, first-class investigator of the HSC Donation Department of Henan Red Cross Society, different from the donations of related HSCs, the match rate of the unrelated ones is very low, even one in hundreds of thousands.

河南省红十字会造血干细胞捐献服务部一级调研员张书环解释，不同于血缘关系的造血干细胞捐献，非血缘关系的，配型成功率非常低，甚至几十万分之一的概率，可以说难上加难。

 

"The match rate has been greatly improved thanks to the increase of voluntary donors in CMDP in recent years," said Zhang.

对于前些年速度慢，近几年速度明显变快，张书环分析，“同样也是因为中华骨髓库的志愿捐献的人员增多了，配型成功的概率自然也大大提高了。”

 

By the end of May 2021, more than 2.95 million donors have their blood samples taken and registered at CMDP, 11,400 of whom have donated their HSCs successfully.

记者了解到，截至2021年5月底，中华骨髓库拥有入库志愿捐献者资料295万余人份，11400位志愿者成功捐献了造血干细胞，挽救了患者生命。

 

"In the future, it would be faster to reach 1,100, 1,200, 2,000..." said Zhang.

张书环预计，“接下来，突破1100例、1200例，到2000例，只会越来越快。”（中文来源/河南日报 河南商报 翻译/赵汉青 海报/实习生王君艺 审校/丁岚）