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Medicine and Law: Bone Marrow #1024775

NBC Evening News for Thursday, Jun 14, 2012
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.

(Studio: Nancy Snyderman) Doreen Flynn’s fight to change the law that makes it illegal for organ donors to profit featured; details given about her 3 daughters’ need for bone marrow transplants because of their Fanconi anemia. [13-year-old Jordan FLYNN††- comments.] [Institute for Justice Jeff ROWES†- says if you compensate people you will get more of it.] [D. FLYNN – comments on having the twins to save their sister but they also have the disease.] [National Marrow Donor Program Michael BOO†- says donors are ready to go if they match the patient.] What is involved in bone marrow donation discussed.

Reporter(s):
Williams, Brian;
Snyderman, Nancy
Duration:
00:03:20

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