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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Leukemia patient turns to social media to save his own life

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After being diagnosed with leukemia, Amit Gupta needed a bone marrow transfusion. Unfortunately, there’s no one in the national registry that matches him. So, with friends, he’s turning to social media to try to find the person that could save him.

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