From Seattle Times
When Tyler Colosimo learned last winter that doctors could find no suitable bone-marrow donor worldwide to help save him from leukemia, he thought his days might be numbered.
His goal of becoming a filmmaker seemed to fade. So did his dream of returning to Japan, where he studied for a year. He wondered how his friends would spend their lives.
"I was pretty depressed. I thought a lot about what I had been able to do in life," said Colosimo, 22, of Spokane.
Then Colosimo learned that blood left over from the umbilical cords of two babies may have compatible stem cells that could help cure him.
The stem cells -- which are more commonly taken from bone marrow -- can produce healthy blood cells to replace the cancerous ones of leukemia.
What's more, Colosimo was told, new stem-cell technology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center might further improve his odds.
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