Donate Marrow, Save a Life
dan tynan on Mar 30 2008 at 10:35 am | Filed under: Life
(I posted this as part of my Cringely blog and below, but I thought it deserved its own item.)
On a personal, non-snarky note: My friend and colleague, Emru Townsend, wants your
blood bone marrow. At least, if you’re a healthy person under age 60 of West African descent he does. Emru, the founder of Frames Per Second magazine and a regular contributor to PC World, has leukemia and cannot find a matching donor. There’s apparently a huge shortage of marrow from people of color, and this is a game where race really does matter. (Correction: Emru would like me to point out that he could be a match for anyone of any race; it’s just that his odds increase with a donor from the same ethnic background.) A gaggle of people are working to find Emru a donor; they’ve created a web site where you can learn more about his story and sign up to be a donor. Visit Heal Emru, and tell your friends. You could end up saving somebody’s life.
