More ethnically diverse bone marrow donors needed to save lives
10 Apr 2021
Too monochrome: The world’s pool of bone marrow donations are kept in cold storage vaults such as this one in Dresden, Germany. (Robert Michael/Picture Alliance)
A lack of ethnic diversity among donors, coupled with cultural myths, have led to a paucity of bone marrow donors, resulting in hundreds of avoidable deaths caused by leukaemia and other blood-related diseases.
According to Jane Ward, the deputy director of the South African Bone Marrow Registry (SABMR), the lack of sufficient education to counter cultural beliefs, especially among black South Africans, contributes to donor resistance. A common myth is that regenerative stem cells are somehow body parts and cannot be parted with.
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Published March 11, 2021 •
Updated on March 11, 2021 at 3:13 pm
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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. By the following week, schools went remote, businesses shuttered and states enacted stay-at-home orders across the U.S.
Americans struggled to make sense of this new reality. Grocery store shelves stood bare as people snapped up toilet paper and pasta. The economy fell into recession as millions lost jobs and state unemployment departments scrambled to keep up with applications. Small business owners struggled to pay rent and make payroll, parents juggled work and home school, and essential workers braved exposure. Remarkably, the stock market climbed to record highs.