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    PRESS RELEASE
    Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry
    3111 Los Feliz Avenue, #206, Los Angeles, CA 90039
    Contact person: Dr. Frieda Jordan
    Phone: (323) 663-3609
    Email: [email protected]


    AUA students, faculty become latest ABMDR donors


    Los Angeles, April 11, 2015 - One hundred and twenty seven students
    and faculty members at the American University of Armenia (AUA) became
    the latest potential bone marrow stem cell donors to join the ranks of
    the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR). They joined the
    pan-Armenian organization on March 31 and April 9, during recruitment
    drives held on campus, in Yerevan.

    The recruitments were led by ABMDR executive director Dr. Sevak Avagyan,
    ABMDR medical director Dr. Mihran Nazaretyan, and the university's
    Graduate Student Council. The ABMDR team was enthusiastically welcomed
    on campus by AUA president Dr. Armen Der Kiureghian, department heads,
    lecturers, professors, and graduate and undergraduate students. The new
    recruits included AUA vice president of Finance and CFO Gevorg Goyunyan
    and Admissions director Arina Zohrabian.

    `We consider every single recruitment as a victory for our mission to
    save lives in Armenia and across the world,' Dr. Avagyan said. `And
    when we witness a wonderful spirit of volunteerism at an institution
    such as AUA, our work becomes all the more worthwhile.'

    `As our students and faculty responded to the call of ABMDR by giving
    just a small amount of blood to help save a life, they were truly
    following the Latin maxim facta non verba, which means `actions speak
    louder than words,'' said Dr. Der Kiureghian.

    The AUA recruitments have come on the heels of two ABMDR donor
    recruitments last month at the Police Academy of the Republic of
    Armenia, in Yerevan.

    About the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry: Established in 1999,
    ABMDR, a nonprofit organization, helps Armenians and non-Armenians
    worldwide survive life-threatening blood-related illnesses by recruiting
    and matching donors to those requiring bone marrow stem cell
    transplants. To date, the registry has recruited over 26,000 donors in
    24 countries across four continents, identified 2,482 patients, and
    facilitated 20 bone marrow transplants.




    From: A. Papazian
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