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Months after his hunt went global, Adam Krief finds marrow donor

Adam Krief's hunt for a marrow donor gained celebrity backing, with comedian Ellen DeGeneres, retired basketball player Shaquille O'Neal and model Kendall Jenner tweeting their support.

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Adam Krief, a US blood cancer sufferer whose campaign to find a bone marrow donor involved more than 10,000 people around the world, announced  this week that a match had been found and that he was on his way to receive the transplant.

“This is what cloud 9 looks like … I’m so grateful to let you all know that a donor has been found,” Mr Krief wrote on Facebook.

Mr Krief, from Los Angeles, was diagnosed with primary myelofibrosis - a rare and aggressive type of blood cancer - in July.

Since then, his family worked tirelessly to find a donor, said to be the only way to save his life.

Having failed to find a match in their local community, the family took their search across the US and even into Israel, France and Mexico.

Mr Krief's wife, Leah, explained: "On that first day at our synagogue, we got about 600 people registered. Things just catapulted from there.

"Adam's cousins abroad started mobilising an international drive. In Israel, 2,000 people have been swabbed and the government has agreed to a national campaign on September 28. The last time they did something on this scale, 16,000 people registered on a single day."

The movement has also gained celebrity backing, with comedian Ellen DeGeneres, retired basketball player Shaquille O'Neal and model Kendall Jenner tweeting their support.

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