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Abhishek Sinha
Abhishek(31) has completed his schooling from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's Vidyashram, Jaipur, Rajasthan and is an alumnus(MBA 2001-2003) of Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune. He was currently working as a Brand Manager with Britannia Industries, Corporate Office, Bangalore before being diagnosed with Bi-Phenotypic Acute Leukemia. Please help Abhishek and other patients like him find a match. www.helpabhishek.com


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Nick Glasgow
Nick is 28 years old residing in the Bay Area and was diagnosed with Leukemia in March 2009. He 1/4 Japanese and 3/4 Caucasian so finding a match for Nick have proven to be difficult. Since Nick's diagnosis family and friends have been putting a tremendous amount of effort in educating the community for the need of ethnic minorities in the National Registry. Help Nick and others like him by registering to become a bone marrow/stem cell donor today! www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6aCCuqOYYE


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Anh Reiss
Anh (42) was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome on February, 2009. Anh is a mother of two and has been married to her husband Josh for 20 years. Anh is no stranger to difficult situations – at the age of 9 Anh managed to escape Vietnam during the Vietnam War with her parents. At her home in Texas she has her own medical practice and has delivered countless babies for many families. She now needs our help, please register today to become a bone marrow/stem cell donor! www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66652656143


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Vishal Mehta
Vishal is a 30 year old softwre engineer working at Cap Gemini. Aside from work, Vishal enjoys spending time with his wife. He has been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and his only chance of survival is a Bone Marrow Transplant. Since finding a donor for this cause is difficult for his ethnic background, we urge you to come forward and help him in his quest for a bone marrow donor. He is asking for your support and assistance.


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Geary Moya
December 2005, Geary Moya (50) was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Geary has a passion for fishing, boating, and traveling. He currently resides in Union City, California with his loving wife Naoline.
By definition, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is: any of a large group of cancers of the immune system. Non-Hodgkin lymphomas can occur at any age and are often marked by enlarged lymph nodes, fever, and weight loss. There are many different types of non-Hodgkin lymphomas, which can be divided into aggressive (fast-growing) and indolent (slow-growing) types and can be classified as either B-cell or T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Geary is currently receiving treatments at Stanford cancer center. His hope for a cure is a bone marrow transplant. PLEASE register yourself today to help Geary and other patients in need of a marrow match.



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Doris Wu
Doris Wu is a 10-year-old girl diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 4 years ago. She was in remission with chemotherapy. Unfortuately she relapsed recently and currently diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. The only possible cure is to find a matching donor for her transplant. Please register today and possibly save many others like her.


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Erica Lepe
Erica Lepe (20) was a college student at Ohlone College before being diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia in September of 2008. Erica is currently living with her parents Dora and Oscar in Union City, CA. She loves going camping, swimming and spending time with her family. Erica will require a bone marrow/stem cell transplant in order to survive.


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Venkat Ramani
Venkat is a 40 year old architect and project manager. Aside from work, Venkat enjoys spending time with his wife and his 8-year old daughter. In December 2008 he was diagnosed with ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia). He is looking forward to the day when he is no longer considered just a cancer survivor, but an activist for cancer awareness. Help make his dreams come true by registering to become a marrow donor to help Venkat and others like him.


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Alexander Phan
Alexander(4)enjoys playing with his 19-month old sister Kayla and his six-year-old brother Peter. When he isn't playing with his siblings, Alexander likes to write and even won the reading award at the Ellison-Parks Early Education Center 1 day prior to his diagnosis. Alexander was diagnosed with a very rare condition HLH (hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis) and is now urgently searching for a matching donor.


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Matthew Nguyen
Matthew was attending Pharmacy school in Virgina when he found out that he was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in June 2007. After chemotherapy, Matthew was in remission until February 2009 when he relapsed. As an undergrad at UCLA, Matthew worked closely with A3M helping blood cancer patients look for matching marrow donors. Ironically, he now needs your help in finding a donor. PLEASE register to help Matthew and other patients like him to find a matching donor. www.teammatthew.org


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Gaurav Tandon
Gaurav Tandon is a 35 year-old professional working with Datacraft Asia in Mumbai, India. Gaurav completed his engineering from Shantilal Shah Engineering College in Gujarat and his MBA from S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. His small family comprises of a 6 year-old son, and wife. Gaurav was detected with AML in November 2008 and needs a bone marrow transplant urgently. Please register today to help Gaurav - See more about Gaurav on his Web site www.helpgaurav.com/index.asp


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Ja Lih Lee
Ja Lih Lee (55) was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in December 2008. She completed her Bachelors degree in Library Science from Taiwan University and her Master degree from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She has been working at the Libraries of San Jose and Oakland. Since August 2007, she became the Community Librarian for Cupertino. Please register today and you might be able to save her.


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Zhonglin Li
Zhonglin Li (37) and his wife Nianliu are from China. They came to the United States in 2001, and studied in the University of Arizona. On March 13, 2007, detailed blood and bone marrow test results confirmed that Zhonglin was suffering from acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). In the following months, Zhonglin received a course of initial chemotherapy and two courses of consolidation chemotherapy. He was in remission in July 2007. During this period, their second daughter was born in June 2007. Unfortunately, before long after the youngest daughter’s first birthday, in July 2008, they found out Zhonglin relapsed. Bone marrow transplantation would be the ultimate way to cure the disease. Please register today.


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Nico
Nico is an active and curious 9 year old who loves to learn.
He attends an international school in France where he enjoys learning about English, French, German, music and politics. He also plays Wii MarioKart, and follows the CAL football team. Nico and his family spend every Summer in Los Altos CA, deepening their American roots.

In 2005, Nico was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). After undergoing many rounds of chemotherapy, his cancer was finally put into remission in June 2008. In December 2008 his cancer relapsed. He is now in urgent need of finding a marrow/stem cell donor. Because Nico is of mixed heritage (Korean and French), his search will be exceptionally difficult.

You can help Nico or others like Nico by registering to become a potential marrow/stem cell donor.

For more updates on Nico, visit www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicopoux


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Stanley Kwong
In September 2008, Stan Kwongˇ¦s(58) world turned upside down when he was diagnosed with myleodysplasia.
The only possible cure is a bone marrow transplant. Like many people in need, his siblings match each other, but not him.
Stan is a native San Franciscan and second generation Chinese American. His parents are from the Guangzhou province in Mainland China. Stan grew up speaking his parentˇ¦s village dialect 'loung do'. He is a self-employed mortgage broker with over twenty years of experience. His passion is to assist minority and monolingual Chinese first time homebuyers. Stan believes in giving back to the community and has made generous philanthropic donations.

Please register today and you might be able to save his life.


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Benedict Yen
Ben Yen (55) was born in Taiwan. He is diagnosed with Myelodysplasia recently. Ben is a professor of pathology at the University of California, San Francisco, and the chief of pathology at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. His clinical expertise is in renal pathology and ultrastructural pathlogy. His research lab studies viral hepatitis, especially hepatitis B, which disproportionately affects American minorities, including Asian Americans. Outside of work, he enjoys travelling, wine, and music. He has also been involved in defending the civil liberties of Asian Americans.

Please register today and you could be the one to save him or others like him.


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Jorge Ochoa
Jorge Ochoa (24) is a social and outgoing guy who loves his family greatly. He was diagnosed with both Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia & Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in June of 2008. As a loving son, brother and husband. Jorge has tried to help others. Now it is his turn that needs help, please help Jorge and others like him by registering today.


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Theo Daniels
Theo (18) was born in South Korea. He was adopted by Mike and Juli's family in 1990. Theo was loved and nurtured and grew to be a strong and handsome young man, a natural athlete and soup lover with a penchant for anything spicy-hot. In the middle of Fall lacrosse (October 2007), just
months short of his 18th birthday, he was rushed to Hershey Medical Center with an acute and rare form of leukemia. Theo’s best chance for eradicating the cancer is to have a bone marrow transplant. Since he has no known biological siblings, he must find a donor match from an unrelated donor. You could help save Theo and others like Theo by registering to become a potential marrow donor.


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Nikie Tran Le
Nikie(52)is Vietnamese. She was diagnosed with Hypoplasmic Anemia in November of 2007. She is currently searching for a bone marrow/stem cell donor. Please help her and others like her by registering today.


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Denise Hui
Denise (35) is an intelligent and ambitious pharmacologist who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000. She enjoys to travel, play the piano and music.

In November 2007, Denise was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome / Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (MDS/AML). She is looking for a match and needs your help. Please donate to help her and others like her.


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Jisong Im
Jisong (15, Korean) from Queens, New York was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) in February 7, 2008.

She is an active member of the Korean Catholic Church, the cross country team, swim team and her school orchestra.
Her siblings were not found to be her match so she is in need of an unrelated donor. You could be the match she, or other people like her, needs.


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Vinh Luu
Vinh is Chinese and born in Vietnam. He is 7 years, in the 2nd grade and attending Sherman Oak Elementary School in San Jose. Vinh was diagnosed with Beta Thalassemia in May 2001. He is now searching for a bone marrow or cord blood match!


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James Lee Erlandsen
James, now 23, was completing his degree in Geography at SFU and working at Save-on-Foods when on February 1st, 2007, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He is part Chinese and Caucasian, and has no siblins. His bone marrow is rare, and he needs as many registrants as possible to find a potential match. The best chances for a match would be from Eurasian donors. www.gunghaggisfatchoy.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/29/2914539.html


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Janice Jang
anice has been battling CLL for three years. After achieving remission through chemotherapy, Janice's leukemia has relapsed last August 2005. She is now undergoing intensive chemotherapy but her doctors have told her that her real chance for long term remission is through a marrow transplant. Janice has not found a matching donor yet. Because of her ethnicity, she is difficult to match. Janice wants to live and is continuing to fight her cancer until she finds her donor.


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Paul Lerro
Paul, an adorable 2-year old, was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia this year. He has not found a match within his family and has turned to the NMDP to find his donor match. He loves to read and listen to music and loves to push his little red car and pull his red wagon. Little Paul, often referred to as "The Little Senator", is now in remission. But if his Leukemia relapses, he will need a matching donor asap. See more about Paul on his website. www.caringbridge.org/ca/paul.alexander


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Soontaree Simms
Soontaree was told she had AML (Acute Myelogenous Leukemia) in June this year while working as a manager at an apartment complex. She immediately began her search for a potential donor, but her search has not led to any matches yet. Soontaree is of Thai descent, and her HLA type is unique. She likes to knit and snowboard quite a bit, and her family has been working tirelessly to help her find a match.


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Wincheng Lin
In 1998, Wincheng organized a bone marrow drive, trying to save the life of a young Chinese American MIT undergrad. Now she needs your help to find her a match! On June 9, 2006, 26 year old Wincheng Lin was diagnosed with AUL, an extremely rare combination of AML and ALL with a tumor the size of a grapefruit in her chest. Although she is completing several rounds of chemotherapy, doctors believe this might not be enough. Due to the rare form of Leukemia she has, a bone marrow transplant is her best bet for a cure. Neither of Wincheng's two sisters are bone marrow matches for her. So far, no match has been found. Wincheng and other patients like her needs your help.


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Stacy Walker
Stacy was diagnosed with MDS in October of 2006 and is in need of a bone marrow transplant. Her only brother is, unfortunately, not a match. Because of her mixed racial background (Korean/Caucasian), finding a match in the registry has been a challenge. She currently works as a Marketing Representative for an insurance company in San Diego and loves the outdoors, hiking, and taking her dogs to the park.


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Rohan Karer
Rohan is an 18 month old boy who has a rare primary immune deficiency called X-linked Hyper IGM syndrome. The only permanent cure for this deficiency is a bone marrow transplant. Until Rohan receives this life saving transplant, he must go to the hospital every 3 weeks for IVIG infusions to build his immunities. This is in addition to the multiple times that he has been hospitalized fighting infections that couldn't be prevented using IVIG alone. Rohan's outside activities and interaction with others is limited in order to avoid exposing him to potential infections. However, as you can see, Rohan's smile is still as beautiful as ever. Visit his website. www.karerfamily.com


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Sam Cross
Sam was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia on December 2006. He had no symptoms and the diagnosis was made after a routine blood test. Sam was enjoying a full life as a serious student, a captain of the Harvard fencing team, a member of the tennis club team and a regular volunteer at the student-run homeless shelter. In addition to academics and sports, Sam has always taken a lot of interest in helping people, including his work at the shelter and as an active tutor for underprivileged kids since high school. Sam is part Korean and part Caucasian, and this makes finding a match particularly difficult. Check out his website. www.helpsamiam.com