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Because of You!!!

Ezer Mizion, the largest Jewish registry in the world, has recently celebrated a major milestone. Because of you, our good friends and supporters, we have passed the THREE-THOUSAND mark of transplants. That’s three thousand patients whose lives were saved! Three thousand families who remained whole! Three thousand grandmas and grandpas, Mommies and Daddies and so many tiny, frightened children traveled in one fateful moment from agony to joy, fueled by the electrifying words: We have a genetic match! Continue reading Because of You!!!

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BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY ACTIVITY SUMMARY OCTOBER 2018

bmr 10 18 c — Saving a life via stem cell transplant

bmr 10 18 b — Saving a life via stem cell transplant

bmr 10 18 a — Saving a life via stem cell transplant

33 transplants, 25 from donor pools
2,969 total transplants
945,052 members in registry

Transplant Countries
Austria, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, USA
Donor Pool Countries
Brazil, Canada, Israel, USA Continue reading Because of You!

When Their World Came Crashing Down

‘Roni and Bar’ was written on the wedding invitations. The marriage was to take place in September. That was before. Before a leukemia sabotaged their every dream. Continue reading When Their World Came Crashing Down

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July 2018 – Bone Marrow Donor Registry

bmr 7 18 b — Harvesting stem cells prior to transplant

bmr 7 18 — Harvesting stem cells prior to transplant

ACTIVITY SUMMARY
26 stem cell transplants, 18 from donor pools
2,887 total transplants
914,586 members in registry

Transplant Countries
Austria, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, USA
Donor Pool Countries
Brazil, Israel, USA Continue reading Because of You!

Opportunity Knocked and They Answered

pr bmr Mike Ehrman - rec - Nimrod Cohen - donor-unlimited use 6 18 — A stem cell transplant saved MIke’s life

Mike E. was three and a half. The age of zoom-zooming his trucks across the floor. But Mike wasn’t zoom-zooming. The most frequent sound he emitted was a pitiful whimper as, once again, he was subjected to the painful and frightening hospital procedures. Mike was born with CGD, a disease that damages the immune system. His life was in danger and only a stem cell transplant could help. Finding a donor whose DNA matched Mike’s was vital. With a matching donor, he could live. Without… Continue reading Opportunity Knocked and They Answered

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June 2018 – BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY ACTIVITY SUMMARY

bmr 6 18 b — Donating stem cells to save a life

36 transplants, 22 from donor pools
2,861 total transplants
912,984 members in registry

Transplant Countries
Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK, USA

Donor Pool Countries
Brazil, Canada, Israel, Mexico, UK, USA Continue reading Because of You!

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May 2018 – Bone Marrow Donor Registry

bmr 5 18 — Stem cells being harvested for transplant

bmr 5 18 b — Stem cells being harvested for transplant

ACTIVITY SUMMARY
34 transplants, 26 from donor pools
2,825 total transplants
910,798 members in registry

bmr 5 18 c — Stem cells being harvested for transplant

Transplant Countries
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Italy,
Poland, Spain, Sweden, USA

Donor Pool Countries
Brazil, Canada, Israel, Mexico, UK, USA Continue reading Because of You!

Together? Nothing Is Impossible!

Alone it was impossible but together…together nothing is impossible.

Ezer Mizion’s Linked to Life, a WhatsApp group with many branches and hundreds in each branch, has proven this time and time again. One person needs. Another has an idea. A third has the means to make some headway and a fourth can complete it. Like the tickets story. Continue reading Together? Nothing Is Impossible!

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bmr 4 18 — Stem cell transplant: He has saved a life!

Bone Marrow Registry Activity Summary for April 2018
19 transplants, 12 from donor pools (see below)
2,791 total transplants
902,190 members in registry

Transplants took place for patients residing in the following countries:
Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA

Genetic testing for transplants facilitated in April 2018 were funded by Donor Pools in the following countries:
Brazil, Israel, UK, USA

bmr 4 18 b — Stem Cell Transplant: He has saved a life!

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Vorkanash

memory game — Children’s matching games are fun but genetic matching can save a life!

She played matching games when she was a child. True, she wanted very much to win but losing wasn’t the end of the world. Now she is thirty. And losing this ‘matching game’ would be the end of her world… the end of her life.

She had been experiencing strong back pains for several months. When the pain intensified, she visited her doctor. Tests revealed that she had lymphocytic leukemia. Radiation and chemotherapy were not enough. Due to the aggressive character of the illness, she would have to have a stem cell transplant asap. Within a few, short weeks! “We are in a race against time,” explained Dr. Itai Levy, head of the Hematology Department in Soroka Hospital.

Her name is Vorkanash. Continue reading Vorkanash