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Swab for Efraim Donor Circle

Are you Efraim’s lifesaving match? Order your swab kit and find out if you are his hero!

Efraim Nabatoff is a 63-year-old, highly talented fine artist and sculptor who is battling to survive a deadly blood cancer, myelofibrosis.

He has been receiving chemotherapy and immunotherapy for three years, but to finally defeat myelofibrosis and recover his health, Efraim urgently needs a peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) or bone marrow transplant from a donor who shares his same tissue type.

Gift of Life is seeking a matching donor for Efraim. You could be his lifesaving hero without even knowing it. All it takes is a swab of your cheek to find out if you are a match for Efraim or another patient in need.

Because tissue type is inherited, Efraim’s best chance of a match is with:

  • A Jewish donor of Ashkenazi and Sephardic ancestry
  • With family origins in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, France, Russia, or Israel

Details about joining the registry:

  • Join the registry! Click on the blue "Join Registry" button. 
    • Donors in general good health between 18 and 35 years old may join the registry. Donors over the age of 35 can also join, but we ask that you to please donate $60 to offset the lab fees – Click here to learn why.  
    • Eighty percent of donors requested by transplant centers are 18 to 35 years old for medical reasons – Click here to learn why Age Matters.
    • Donors can remain in the registry until their 61st birthday – Click here to learn why the registry has an Age Limit.
    • Certain medical conditions may mean you are not able to join the registry or donate – Click here to check the Conditions List. If you're not sure, a health history questionnaire is part of the registration process.
  • Sponsor a swab kit. Click on the orange "Give to My Circle" button. Lab processing of every kit costs $60. Your contribution will help add new donors to the registry, who may be a match for Efraim or another patient. 

 

Efraim Nabatoff with his sister Alexandria. Efraim is working with Gift of Life Marrow Registry in his search for a matching stem cell /marrow donor. He is battling to survive the blood cancer myelofibrosis and is in urgent need of a transplant.

Efraim with his sister Alexandria. 

 

"Torah Study", a painting by Efraim Nabatoff. Efraim is searching for a matching marrow/stem cell donor as he is battling to survive blood cancer. He is in urgent need of a transplant to save his life. Visit www.giftoflife.org to be tested as a match for Efraim or another patient in need.

Efraim's painting "Torah Study" 

 

Efraim Nabatoff's painting of "Moses with Tablets". Efraim is working with Gift of Life Marrow Registry to find a matching donor to cure blood cancer.

Efraim's painting "Moses with Tablets" 

 

Efraim's painting "Azezal"

 

 

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