Blacks Face Bone Marrow Donor Shortage : NPR

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Blacks Face Bone Marrow Donor Shortage : NPR

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African-Americans are less likely to receive life-saving treatments using bone marrow than whites. Low numbers of donors and rare genes make finding a bone marrow match less likely for black people than for white people.

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Blacks Face Bone Marrow Donor Shortage | KQED Public Media for Northern CA

kqeddigitalarchives.org — “Lower numbers of donors, rare genes make finding a match less likely for blacks than for whites.View full resource at kqeddigitalarchives.org

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