Super heroics to save lives
Political correctness does not cut it here. Diversity is the anathema. Slight differences can be dangerous, even fatal. In the quest to find a stem cell donor for a patient who needs a transplant, it is all about matching for every racial, cultural or conceivable stereotype. Siblings have a 25 percent chance to be perfect matches for one another and are the first source tested. Some people are not content to play the numbers game. They would rather play an active hand and create the perfect match.
(This story appears in the 19 February, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)