724 | iii. | Allison ATLAS6,240 was born in 1969. She died at home of myelodysplastic syndrome in September 1993 at the age of 24 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.240 When it was discovered that neither her siblings nor her parents matched Allison's blood antigens, her family launched a blood drive throughout the United States and Israel to find a donor. An estimated 65,000 donors were recruited through their efforts.
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When it was discovered that neither her siblings nor her parents matched Allison's blood antigens, her family launched a blood drive throughout the United States and Israel to find a donor. An estimated 65,000 donors were recruited through their efforts. |