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There was an upbeat atmosphere in the basement of St. Paul's Church on Bow St. yesterday as potential bone marrow donors flowed through Asian American Brotherhood (AAB)'s inaugural bone marrow drive...
Despite the success of yesterday's drive, organizers said the number of minority bone marrow donors nationwide--who provide transplants for those with leukemia and other blood diseases--is critically...
Because the donated marrow must have an almost exact genetic match with the patient, it usually requires that the donor come from the same ethnic group as the recipient...
...While there are a surplus of Caucasian bone marrow [potential donors]...there is a huge need for minority donors right now, especially Asian-Americans," said Chris T. Tan '02, an AAB member...
Different kinds of blood cells, red and white, come from a single kind of stem cell in bone marrow. These chameleon-like stem cells transform themselves into whatever kind of blood cells the body needs. The skin and liver have their own stem cells. "Maybe there is a brain stem cell, a mother cell that gives rise to all types of brain cell," Snyder says he wondered. "I wanted to find this cell and harness it to repair injured brains...