Let's fight for Amit's Life!

Young tech entrepreneur, Amit Gupta, founder of photojojo has turned to social media for bone marrow donation. Amit Gupta is 32 years old, settled in the US and got diagnosed with acute leukemia. He has a slim chance of 1 in 20,000 for bone marrow transplant in US. He has turned to social media friends on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr for looking for a bone marrow donor to save his life. Through social media networks his friends are able to organize swab parties at tech centres like Google and Facebook. A swab party is a place where prospective donors swab the inside of their cheek to collect DNA and get registered for bone marrow donation. They can only donate when their DNA matches with the person in need. Once on the registry, donors are kept in the system until they age out at 61, and can be called at any time if their marrow matches that of a patient in need.


The social media network has become so strong that people unknown to Amit have organised swab parties in Indian temples and cultural centers. Many people have come and enrolled themselves for this cause. The doctors are saying that Amit will get a donor from the people enrolled till November 30. Still, the swab parties are on for him. 

The New Media wishes Amit good luck for his medical treatment.Please Visit - www.amitguptasneedsyou.com

January 18, 2012 - Amit gets a donor. You can read a touching report from him before he goes for his surgery. http://tumblr.amitgupta.com/day/2012/01/18
God bless you Amit!