Donating Her Blood Stem Cells to Patient is a No-Brainer for Dana-Farber Staffer

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | |

<p>The call from the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) seemed to come from out of nowhere, but it bore some hopeful news: Dana-Farber senior project manager Alexandria Monteiro’s stem cells were a match for a stranger with leukemia who needed a stem cell transplant. “I don’t remember signing up,” Monteiro admits, “but based on who I know myself to be,”…

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