Kyle Owens needs a bone-marrow transplant, and he and his family are hoping people between the ages of 18-40 will take a cheek swab test to see if they're a match.
Kyle Owens lies in a bed at City of Hope as he battles cancer and various complications, a dizzying change for the 24-year-old whose life as a standout athlete has come to a halt. Seven months ago, the 6-foot-8 Owens played as a forward for the men's basketball team at UC Riverside. Things were going great. He was a team captain. His coach would use him as an example for recruits as someone who was willing to star as a role player.
' As the college basketball season begins, Owens and his family hope more universities will hold similar drives that could help him and the 18,000 other patients who receive similar diagnoses each year find a match. 'There's not as many people who look like me in the registry, so, just trying to get more people that look like me to sign up,' Owens said.
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