Thanks to intensive research leukemia patients and patients of other blood diseases have a chance to be cured. Often a non-surgical peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) donation is needed.
For blood stem cell transfusion racial and ethnic heritage are very important factors. Because tissue types are inherited, patients are most likely to match someone of their own race or ethnicity.
It’s on us to increase our chances and become potential donors for each other, our friends and their families, and any other Asian or mixed Asian in need of a life-saving marrow match!