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All you have to do is swab the inside of your cheek, your dna is sent to a lab and your information into a database. groups like delete blood cancer organize drives to increase the size of that database. right now, there are 10.5 million registered donors in the united states. the likelihood of finding a match depends on race and ethnicity. >> if people are from an ethnic minority in the united states, the numbers are not quite as optimistic. >> reporter: that's something monaccia faced. fortunately, after several months, doctors found what they call a nearly perfect donor match in europe. >> ...
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