February 17, 2011
Source: The Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/health/ct-met-muslim-bone-marrow-donors-20110217,0,976248.story
When doctors diagnosed Bilal Mallick with leukemia in January, they told his parents a bone marrow transplant often presented the best chance for survival and a cure.
But of 9 million potential donors on the national registry, only 160,000 are South Asian, making the likelihood of finding a match unlikely.