A fellow EMC employee, a healthy 27 year old, recently became very ill with leukemia and is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant to save his life. Nick is 3/4 Caucasian and 1/4 Japanese and doctors have told him he has virtually 0% chance of finding a donor.
All 40,000 EMC employees were asked to be tested to see if they could be a match. Unfortunately, the donor criteria is very limiting.
Any person whose ethnic background is a mix of Asian and Caucasian, and is in good health with no history of cancer or major illness, and is between the ages of 18 and 60, is a potential donor for Nick. One does not need to be 75% Caucasian and 25% Asian -- any potential mix could work.
If you, or anyone you know, could be a potential donor, please pass on this information and get tested. You could make the impossible possible and save Nick's life.
Testing kits can be ordered at www.aadp.org
To read more about this inspiring story, visit http://www.examiner.com/x-10735-SF-Internet-Examiner~y2009m5d19-Nick-Glasgow-Online-campaign-to-save-a-life
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