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centre (medical facility where a patient receives a transplant from
an unrelated donor). A medical assessment of the donor follows to
ensure that there are no risks to the donor or to the patient. If there
are no risks then the donor is cleared and if he/she still wishes to
proceed, the patient shall be prepared to receive the potentially life-
saving stem cells. In order to ensure that the donor is able to donate
enough blood-forming cells for the transplant, he/she will receive
daily G-CSF injections (naturally occurring growth factor) for five
consecutive days before the donation. The procedure is as under :

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