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H ealth matters
Mixed-Race Patients Lack Donors
Finding a
match proves
difficult
(AP) -- If Nick Glasgow were
white, he would have a nearly
90 percent chance o f finding a
m atching bone marrow donor
who could cure his leukemia.
But because the 28-year-old
b o d y b u ild e r is o n e -q u a rte r
Japanese, his d o cto r w arned
him th e o u tlo o k w as g rim .
G lasgow 's background would
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Nick Glasgow, who has Leukemia, is comforted by his mother Carole Wiegand at the Kaiser
Permanente Medical Center in Hayward, Calif. Glasgow's multicultural backgound makes it
almost impossible to find a bone marrow match to treat the leukemia. (AP Photo)
make it almost impossible to find
a match, w hich usually com es
from a p a tie n t's ow n eth n ic
group.
The doctor "didn't say it was
slim -to-none. He didn't say it
w ould be hard. He said 'zero
chance,"' G lasg o w 's m other,
Carole W iegand, recalled with
tears in her eyes. "W hen Nick
heard that, it sent him plum m et­
ing.''
At a time when the num ber
o f multiracial Am ericans is ris­
ing, only a tiny fraction o f do-
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nors on the national bone-m ar­
row registry are o f m ixed race.
The N ational M arrow D onor
Program is trying to change that
by seeking more diverse donors
for patients suffering from leu­
kem ia, ly m p h o m a and oth er
blood diseases.
"The truth is, w hen people
of different backgrounds marry
and produce offspring, it cre­
ates more types that are harder
to m a tc h ," sa id M ic h e lle
Setterholm, the program's direc-
t o r o f s c i e n t i f i c services. "The
p r o b a b ility ju s t g e ts lo w e r
when you have people of mixed
ancestral DNA."
The num ber of people who
identify them selves as m ultira­
cial in the U nited States has
grown from 3.9 million in 2000,
the first y ear the ce n su s in ­
cluded the category, to 5.2 m il­
lion in 2008. M ixed-race people
account for 1.6 percent o f the
U.S. population.
T he donor program has been
p u sh in g fo r y ea rs to re c ru it
moreracial minorities and mixed
race donors. So far, multiracial
volunteers make up ju st 3 per­
cent of the 7 m illion people on
the registry.
That is higher than the per­
centage of mixed-race people in
the U.S. But there are so many
possible racial and ethnic com ­
binations that finding a match
can still be extrem ely difficult.
The reason that m ixed-heri­
ta g e p atien ts are so h ard to
m atch can be found in the im ­
m une system.
Populations in different parts
o f the world developed certain
proteins, or m arkers, that are
part o f the body's natural d e­
fenses. These m arkers help the
im m u n e s y s te m d e te rm in e
w hich c e lls are fo reig n and
should be rejected.
A match between two people
w ho share many m arkers will
reduce the risk o f the donor and
recipient cells attacking each
other. Because certain m arkers
tend to cluster in particular eth­
nic groups, m atches are most
often found am ong people o f
shared backgrounds. M ultira­
cial patients often have uncom ­
mon profiles and a much harder
tim e finding a donor.
About 6,000 patients in the
U.S. are aw aiting a bone m ar­
row match.
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