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Article: MINORITY DONORS NEEDED FOR BONE MARROW PATIENTS.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 19, 1996
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Byline: DEBRA GORDON, STAFF WRITER
There's a national shortage of African-American and other minority bone-marrow donors, which means minorities with life-threatening diseases wait longer for a transplant and may not be able to get one, health officials say.
Right now, that shortage doesn't affect transplants for sickle cell disease, because only exact matches from siblings can be used, said Andrea Carter, public relations specialist for the National Marrow Donor Program, based in Minneapolis. But in the future, Carter said, marrow from nonrelated donors will probably be used.
However, the shortage does affect transplants for other illnesses, ...