一个53岁的妇女,在捐出脸颊擦拭30年后, 准备捐干细胞给一个患白血病的陌生人。 A 53-year-old woman, 30 years after donating cheek swab, is set to donate stem cells to a stranger with leukemia.

Jinah Kim, 一位53岁的橡树公园母亲兼记者, 于2025年10月得知, 她将干细胞捐赠给一位67岁患有罕见白血病的妇人, Jinah Kim, a 53-year-old Oak Park mother and reporter, learned in October 2025 she’s a match to donate stem cells to a 67-year-old woman with rare leukemia—30 years after swabbing her cheek at a street fair in the mid-1990s. 她的HLA类型在“Be the Match”注册时帮助她与病人联系, Registered with Be the Match, her HLA type helped connect her to the patient despite the challenges of finding matches, especially among Asian Americans. 尽管捐赠过程被推迟,Kim仍坚持承诺,接受健康检查,并准备通过类似血液的程序收集干细胞。 Though the donation process is delayed, Kim remains committed, undergoing health checks and preparing for stem cell collection via a blood-like procedure. 她希望她的故事能鼓励更多不同的人加入捐助者登记册,强调一个登记可以挽救生命。 She hopes her story encourages more diverse people to join the donor registry, stressing that one registration can save a life.