收到朋友的EMAIL，是关于干细胞及骨髓移植的，转发如下：
Dear friends,
One of my colleges, Paul Hein's son Noah, 12 was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in February 2008 and has battled the disease with successful chemotherapy treatments. However, in April 2012, the leukemia returned.
Now, Noah's best chance is to receive a bone marrow transplant. a donor drive is scheduled in Atlanta on Saturday, June 16 from 10:00am - 3:00pm at Marriott Courtyard-Glenridge. The below link contains all the details you need to either attend in person or join the Be the Match Registry. Please note the June 16 drive only involves a cheek swab to test for possible matches. If you are a match, you will be contacted at a later date.
Noah was adopted from Vietnam, so the doctors have indicated that the best chance for matches will come from those with Vietnamese and/or Asian heritage. If you can pass the word along to your friends and family, it would really be appreciated.
Can't attend in person but are interested in joining the registry:
Visit BeTheMatch.org (http://marrow.org/Home.aspx)and click on the "JOIN NOW" icon; replace the existing promo code with 'noahhein' before submitting your information. While you may not be a match for Noah, you may be the match for another person like Noah that desperately needs your help.
Thanks a lot!
我理解朋友的心情。她的姐姐几年前得了白血病，由于找不到合适相配的血液干细胞或骨髓捐赠者，不久便去世了。朋友是想帮助和她姐姐一样的不相识的患者。由于没有相关的知识，参与登记捐赠的人不够多（尤其是非裔和亚裔），50%需要的患者找不到合适相配的血液干细胞或骨髓捐赠者。下面这个链接可以解答大部分想做好事又有些顾虑的人心中的迷思：
1 由于技术的发展，第一步对登记的合格捐赠者的取样已经不是取血而只是取唾液，在相配的可能性大时再做进一步的检查。登记的人越多，患者得到相配的血液干细胞或骨髓机遇就越大。
2 大多数的捐赠是周边血液干细胞捐赠，不需要手术。捐骨髓是小手术。在这两种情况中，捐赠者通常可在捐赠当天回家。
3 捐赠并不疼，可能会有几天不舒服，捐赠者大部分会在几天内恢复正常作息。
做这件事没有名也没有利，但是想一想你花一点时间登记，就增加了患者重生的希望；特别是如果你有幸成为合适的捐赠者，几天的不适能够协助换来一个人的新生，那是多么值得做的有意义的事！
打开微信，点击底部“发现”，使用“扫一扫”即可将网页分享至朋友圈。