Stem cell donor saved Ben's life - and more than ten years later traveled to the USA for his wedding. This year 135,000 registrants will be leaving due to age.

Every day 22 registered people would donate their stem cells and thus help sick people. But hundreds of thousands of potential donors are removed from the register every year because they are no longer allowed to donate from the bone marrow collection clinic in Cologne. The German Bone Marrow Donor Registry (DKMS) reports on the happy ending in Iowa on its website.