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Aspiring Olympian battling leukemia, Seun Adebiyi makes a plea to save his life and others!

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Dom Ene 10, 2010
- New York, NY

I am a 26 year-old recent graduate of the Yale Law School. I am also trying to make history as the first Nigerian delegate to compete in the Winter Olympics, in which I would compete in the sport of skeleton.

In June 2009, I was diagnosed with two rare and aggressive forms of cancer: lymphoblastic lymphoma and stem-cell leukemia.

Seun Adebiyi is a 26 year old Yale Law School graduate who is also training for the 2014 Winter Olympics. In June 2009, he was diagnosed with lymphoma and leukemia and now is in need of a bone marrow transplant.

Most likely, my only chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant, but I am facing grim odds. African-Americans comprise only 8% of the registry, and receive transplants in the US only 17 % of the time. Overall, only three out of ten patients find the match they need for a life-saving transplant. BR>
My goal is to recruit 10,000 new donors with the help of DKMS but I cannot do it alone. I need Your help! Attend our first donor drive and register as a donor!

Sunday, January 10, 2010
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Yale Club of New York City
50 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York,NY (btw 44th and 45th street)
Contact Alina Suprunova at alina@dkmsamericas.org

It costs DKMS $65 to tissue-type each new donor who registers. The goal is to register 10,000 donors, which would mean the lab fees would be $650,000. Since DKMS does not receive any funding from the Government, we need to come up with the money to help cover these costs. Click here to contrubute.