Seun Adebiyi is 26 and has an Ivy League education. He has a great job and a a shot at being an Olympian in 2014. Adebiyi has cancer. Lymphoblastic lymphoma and stem-cell leukemia, the cure is a stem cell transplant. For now Adebiyi has not been able to find a bone marrow match and has [...]
This letter from the chief executive of the National Marrow Donor Program, Jeffrey W.Chell, and the president of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Claudio Anasetti, appeared in the New York Times last week. They argue that changing current laws that bar bone marrow donors from being compensated is a mistake.
“International standard-setting organizations [...]
Ever see one of those old tapes where the Beatles walk onto the stage and people(well women, but the analogy to come is less embarrassing if I say “people”) just start passing out at the sight of them? I would be one of those “people” at the sight of Corey Booker. The guy is what [...]
As I start hearing the words “bone marrow transplant” more and more, I also hear more and more ignorance as to what it actually means to be a bone marrow donor. The following information was collected directly from marrow.org, the National Marrow Donor Program website and my own personal experience undergoing a bone marrow biopsy [...]
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