In August 1993, National Taiwan University Hospital launched a drive for HLA (human leucocyte antigen) blood tests, then in October of the same year the Tzu-chi Foundation set up the Taiwan Donor Registry. In little over a year since then, more than 50,000 people have undergone HLA blood tests to volunteer as bone marrow donors.
去年八月台大發起第一場「HLA」驗血活動，同年十月慈濟基金會成立「台灣骨髓捐贈資料中心」，短短一年多的時間，已有五萬六千多人參與驗血、加入自願捐髓的行列。