Screening tests will be held in New York for those willing to help a 6-year-old boy who needs a bone marrow transplant. Ashkenazic Jews between the ages of 18-60 can go to Young Israel of the West Side, 210 W. 91st St. in Manhattan, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday. Ashkenazic Jews are most likely to match genetically with Elliott, who has a disease that will be fatal without a transplant.
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