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« WorldPay: DDoS continues | Main | Netscape: abuse » October 05, 2004Bone Marrow transplants: lack of Asian donorsLeukemia is one of those cancers we've all no doubt heard of, and are also probably familiar with the idea that bone marrow transplants can help combat the disease. However, for a good chance of success, there needs to be a good tissue match - and as a friend has recently discovered, issues of ethnicity play a major role in success. For example, the website Findthetime.org has been built to help raise awareness of a distinct lack of Asian donors on the British bone marrow register. In fact, as the site reveals, there's a very serious lack of general tissue donations for a variety of ethnic backgrounds. For example, Timeforlife quotes from the following information:
If you would like to help give blood, donote bone marrow, or other tissue samples, then please consider contacting the following agencies, regardless of your ethnic background: National Blood Service Posted by brian_turner at October 5, 2004 11:04 PM | Discuss this in the Business, Marketing & Search forumsComments |
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