LOS ANGELES, July 15 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: SheKnows (http://www.SheKnows.com) partners with DKMS
(http://www.dkmsamericas.org), the largest bone marrow donor
organization, and Save Giovanni & Friends
(http://www.helpgiovanniguglielmo.org) to promote awareness of
bone marrow diseases and pledges to add 50,000 donors to
International Bone Marrow Registry by 2009.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080715/LATU125)
WHEN: Feature launches live on site August 1, 2008
WHERE: http://www.SheKnows.com/Bone-Marrow
WHO: Dr. Jordan Orange, Head of the Division of Immunology at the
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Michael Guglielmo, Founder of the Save Giovanni & Friends
Foundation
Katharina Harf, Executive Vice President, DKMS Americas
Contact Erica Schrag for participants available for interview, quotes
and more information.
Topics to be spotlighted on SheKnows during the month of August include:
-- Bone marrow registry and donation myths medically dispelled.
-- First person journal experience of the bone marrow testing process.
-- Leukemia diagnosis and treatment
-- The story of Baby Giovanni, stricken with a rare immune system
disorder, NEMO, confirmed in 68 kids worldwide, at only five months of
age.
CONTACT: Erica Schrag
Manager, Public Relations & Marketing
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