41. A donor was found for Mantle in two days. 42. A large-scale attempt to find bone marrow donors among people from a similar ethnic background was first held seven years ago in Israel and the United States. 43. A liver donor was found Wednesday. 44. A compatible donor was found in South Korea this week. 45. An unidentified donor was found on Thursday, two days after a close friend of Mantle went public with his plight. 46. Another problem is finding a donor. 47. As of early February, no donor had been found. 48. It could not do any work although it had a long list of patients who required heart transplants simply because it could not find a donor until last December. 49. Many patients cannot undergo potentially lifesaving marrow transplants, because no closely matched donors can be found. 50. Miyuki is expected to undergo surgery at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine as soon as a donor can be found. |