A PATIENT'S MISSION: RECRUIT MARROW DONORS.

The article focuses on Anh Reiss, a physician in Houston, Texas. Reiss, a Vietnamese American, has begun a campaign to encourage members of that ethnic group to become bone marrow donors for transplant operations. Reiss herself needs such an operation due to a rare blood disorder. Reiss is estimated to have added as many as 10,000 Vietnamese Americans to the registry of bone marrow donors. INSET: MARROW DONATION THE FACTS.