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Bone marrow donors back out, woman dies

2010-12-17
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By: Akiim DeShay
On: December 17, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Josh Einiger / Web produced by Jennifer Matarese RIDGE, NY (WABC) — A Long Island woman died waiting for a bone marrow transplant as several of her matches backed out of the process. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7771948Continue Reading

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Jaden Hilton (2003-2007)
 
3yr old Jaden of New Jersey needed a marrow transplant to survive Leukemia. Unfortunately, his brother was not a match for him. Due to the lack of donors within the bone marrow donor pool... (read more)
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