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URGENT: Hackensack Dad Seeks Hispanic Bone Marrow, Stem Cell Donor URGENT: Hackensack Dad Seeks Hispanic Bone Marrow, Stem Cell Donor
Urgent: Hackensack Dad Seeks Hispanic Bone Marrow, Stem Cell Donor A national search is being conducted for a local dad and patient in HackensackUMC's John Theurer Cancer Center in need of a stem cell/bone marrow donor. A stay-at-home father to a nine-year-old son, Merlo Weiss, 45,  is fighting acute myeloid leukemia (AML). He is searching for a Hispanic donor because matches are associated with ancestry. To help his mission, his husband David has teamed up with the Gift of Life Marrow Registry and they are conducting an urgent national search for Merlo’s donor.  More than 190 donors have enlisted and over $11,000 have been raised, but time is running out…

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by Cecilia Levine