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Father of Rare Immune Deficiency Patient Joins Bone Marrow Registry to Return the Favor

By Heidi Zheng Last month, the Okochi family from Montclair, New Jersey spent an unforgettable Father’s Day in Washington, D.C., where Jiro Okochi met with federal lawmakers as an advocate for Be The Match, an organization that had once saved his son’s life. Now 10 years old, Finn Okochi is a survivor of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS), a hereditary disorder that is present …

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