Why Kim Kardashian West Wants You To Become A Bone Marrow Donor

As West explains in her post, the cancer, known as primary myelofibrosis, can be treated with a bone marrow transplant. Finding a bone marrow donor could help Krief survive, but unfortunately, he wasn’t able to find a match in the existing registry.

As of Wednesday, more than 40,000 fans liked her Facebook post, and over 2,000 people have shared it. While there’s no way yet to tell if these numbers will translate to new potential donors, there’s no denying that West is using her celebrity to raise awareness about a serious medical issue.

In the news segment below, Krief and his wife, Lia, explain how they started a bone marrow donor drive, not just to find a match for him but to expand the registry for other patients.

For now, Adam is undergoing chemotherapy to “buy” time as he waits to be matched, but in the first ten days that the couple began their search for a donor, they have already managed to register about 3,000 potential bone marrow donors, according to CBS Los Angeles