Post by blackcrowheart on May 22, 2007 9:40:03 GMT -5
Keep the Circle Strong
www.marrow.org/ABOUT/Connecting_Patients_w_Donors/Community_Outreach_Partnerships/AIAN/index.html
Each year, thousands of American Indian and Alaska Native patients are
diagnosed with life-threatening blood diseases such as leukemia and aplastic
anemia. For most, their only hope for a cure is a transplant of healthy
marrow or blood stem cells from someone who shares their tissue type.
Because the characteristics of tissue type are inherited, the best chance of
finding a match is from a sibling. But only 1 percent of the approximately
4 million volunteers in the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Registry
www.marrow.org/ABOUT/Connecting_Patients_w_Donors/Community_Outreach_Partnerships/AIAN/index.html
Each year, thousands of American Indian and Alaska Native patients are
diagnosed with life-threatening blood diseases such as leukemia and aplastic
anemia. For most, their only hope for a cure is a transplant of healthy
marrow or blood stem cells from someone who shares their tissue type.
Because the characteristics of tissue type are inherited, the best chance of
finding a match is from a sibling. But only 1 percent of the approximately
4 million volunteers in the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Registry