Cystic fibrosis (CF) has historically been recognized as a genetic disease that primarily affects people of Caucasian background. As a half Japanese person with CF, my twin and I always wondered why my Japanese mother carried the CF gene. As…

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Every day, transplant recipients Anabel and Isabel Stenzel carry the legacies as well as the lungs of their donors.

By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS
RAFU STAFF WRITER

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Jessica Ocheltree of the English-language publication Metropolis Magazine wrote an article about Ana and Isa after meeting with them in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo. Jessica quotes Isa as saying: “Organ donation is not about taking something from families—it’s about giving them an opportunity to help other people in their tragedy. We aren’t saying that our lives as recipients are more important than the donor’s lives. That life of the donor is so valuable, but it’s already been let go. Organ donation is the one last act that a person can perform after they have died to help other people.”

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The Mainichi Shimbun, a national newspaper in Japan, devoted their popular ‘People’ column to The Miracle Twins on October 24th. They are quoted as saying, “The real heroes are the donor families. They should be honored.”

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The Okinawa Times published an article on Ana and Isa’s speech at a symposium on organ transplant awareness in Urasoe, Okinawa on October 18th. Ana is quoted as saying, “We received life from our donors,” and Isa is quoted as saying, “We thankful for every breath.” One issue brought up during the symposium was the need for brain death to be recognized as death in Japan.

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The Ryukyu Shimpo, an Okinawan newspaper, was in attendance on October 18th in Urasoe City when Ana and Isa spoke at a symposium focusing on raising awareness for organ transplant. More than 130 people were in attendance for the speech and concert.

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