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TV Anchor’s Illness Helps Others
Bone marrow registry grows as
Robin Roberts awaits transplant
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America nosts, from left, George Stephanopoulos, Robin Roberts, Lara Spencer and
ABC News President Ben Sherwood at a bone marrow registry drive last week at ABC News headouar-
ters in New York.
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Roberts, who will receive a
bone marrow transplant from her
sister, said her m other told her
to "turn a mess into a m essage."
"When I received this latest
disappointm ent I did not know
what the m essage would be,"
she said, "and now I do."
Jeffrey Chell, chief executive
officer o f Be The M atch, said
some 15,000 people had regis
tered since Roberts announced
her diagnosis. T hat's 11,200
more than the registry would
norm ally receive in that period.
O f those new people, some 60 to
70 will be judged a good match
and have some o f their marrow
used in a transplant.
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(AP) — As Robin Roberts
waits for a bone marrow trans
plant this fall, news of the m orn
ing show anchor's illness is help
ing others who need treatm ent.
The national bone marrow do
nation registry Be The M atch
reported last week that the rate
of new registrants has more than
doubled since the "Good M orn
in g A m e ric a " a n c h o r a n
nounced on June 11 that she
has MDS, a blood and bone
marrow disease. Roberts helped
supervise a bone m arrow regis
try drive at ABC News head
quarters in New York.
George Stephanopoulos and
Lara Spencer o f "GMA" and
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