Bone Marrow Needed For Armenian American Mom

BONE MARROW NEEDED FOR ARMENIAN AMERICAN MOM

Published: Monday April 09, 2012

Would you help save a life?

Debbi Margosian Chapman’s family hopes you will and is offering
$10,000 to the person who is a bone marrow match for her to treat
her leukemia. Because Debbi, a mother of two in Belmont, Mass, is
Armenian, her doctors believe her best chances of finding a match is
with the Armenian community.

If you’re between 18-50 years old, you just need to give a quick swab
of your cheeks so you can be entered into the Armenian Bone Marrow
Donor Registry. If you are a match, in the majority of cases, your
stem cells will be harvested in a manner similar to giving blood-there
is no anesthesia or surgery.

The ABMDR is a non-governmental, non-profit organization whose mission
is to ensure that every ethnic Armenian struck with a life threatening
blood-related illness is able to find hope for long-term survival
through the identification of a genetically suitable bone marrow match.

On any given day, more than 6000 patients worldwide are searching
for a donor. Only 25-30% of patients stricken with leukemia and
other blood-related diseases can find a match within their family,
the other 70-75% of the patients depend on the stem cell donation of
a complete stranger to save their lives.

For more information about the ABMDR, please visit If
you want to be tested, please visit
for more information.

Thank you, Linda Levin-Scherz

From: A. Papazian