Bone Marrow and Blacks

The Washington Post | May 14, 1996| | Copyright

First, he says, it's about fear. The fear that if you give up your bone marrow -- part of your body -- something bad will happen to you. The fear of not being whole when you die. The fear of hospitals, doctors. The fear of needles, of blood and getting AIDS.

"We can overcome all that," says D.C. Council member Frank Smith Jr.

He's talking about his prime medical mission: to boost the number of blacks who can get bone marrow transplants. The dramatic procedure is used to treat leukemia and other life-threatening blood diseases. It doesn't always work. But for many patients, a ...

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