Overview
- The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that INCUCAI’s Laboratorio Nacional de Inmunogenética now processes every potential donor sample for genomic/HLA typing inside Argentina, eliminating routine transfers of biological material abroad.
- Officials say the laboratory has completed more than 20,000 local high-resolution studies after installing automated equipment and standardizing protocols, a scale-up that nearly tripled sample throughput between 2024 and 2025.
- Authorities link the expanded local testing capacity to higher transplant activity, noting a record 1,510 bone marrow transplants in 2025 and increased numbers of non‑family donor transplants handled through the national registry.
- The donor registration process was simplified by adding a non‑invasive buccal swab option so people can join the national stem cell donor registry without a blood draw, which officials say should broaden the donor pool and speed matches.
- Performing typing in-country lets Argentina upload donor profiles directly to international registries, which widens the pool of potential matches for patients and may cut wait times, lower costs and reduce logistic delays that previously came from sending samples overseas.