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Press Releases - 2019
DKMS Announces Partnership with Love Your Melon
March 20th, 2019
DKMS
International nonprofit DKMS announced it’s partnership with the apparel brand Love Your Melon, in an effort to raise crucial funds and reach young audiences to educate them about joining the bone marrow registry.
A Bride Meets the Girl Whose Life She Saved
October 16th, 2019
New York Times
All weddings hold special meaning for the newlyweds. But for Sarah Aiken, her wedding meant finally meeting Kinley Strohl, a 14-year-old cancer survivor whose life she saved by donating her bone marrow seven years earlier.
Press Releases - 2018
Sarah Hendricks, SUSD School Psychologist, Fighting Leukemia Partners with DKMS to Host Bone Marrow Registration Drive
January 24th, 2018
Caravan News
Bone Marrow Donor Says a Small Decision Can Make a Big Impact
January 9th, 2018
Fox 4 News
Bedford Elementary School Employee Hopes to Continue Success with Second Bone Marrow Donor Drive
January 26th, 2018
Press & Guide
Students Swab Cheeks to Save Lives of Blood Cancer Patients
February 15th, 2018
Daily Texan Online
GBCC Students and Staff Register Bone Marrow Donors for One of Their Own
February 26th, 2018
New Hampshire Union Leader
IPD Hosting Bone Marrow Drive to Find Lifesaving Donor for Local Teacher
March 13th, 2018
Ithaca.com
PRCC’s Phi Theta Kappa and Nursing Program Collects Marrow
April 6th, 2018
Picayune Item
Four Brother’s with Fatal Disease Fight for Their Lives: ‘We Might Not Live Past Our 30s’
April 3rd, 2018
People
Press Hits - 2019
Bone marrow donor plans registries at LBCC
January 11th, 2019
Alex Paul, Albany Democrat-Herald
2014 West Albany High School graduate Allie Spangler, 22, registered as a bone marrow donor as soon as she turned 18. In November, she became a donor for a young boy who lives in Brazil.
Tears flow when stem cell donor, recipient meet at Houston mall
January 26th, 2019
L.M. Sixel, Chron
Robin Kuntz was standing behind a table at Memorial City Mall Saturday morning trying to encourage shoppers to join a stem cell and bone marrow international donor registry when she looked up and saw a man she'd never before met but immediately recognized from photographs as the person who saved her...
Breakfast with a Blackhawk: Sheldon Brookbank
February 18th, 2019
Mary Sandberg Boyle, WGN Radio
Sheldon Brookbank joins the Steve Cochran Show for Breakfast with a Blackhawk. He said that they can’t afford to loose any games at this stage of the season. In addition to talking hockey, Sheldon talks about a fight close to his heart. His buddy is fighting for his life and he needs our help. Sheldon is doing to help raise awareness about blood cancer and disorders.
Mercy Hospital nurse saves the life of a patient she never met
February 27th, 2019
Russell Kinsaul, KMOV4
Mollie Ring is a pediatric oncology nurse at Mercy Children’s Hospital. She likes building relationships with the young patients who come to the Cardinal Kids.
Eminent Physician Stephen J. Forman of City of Hope Bestowed with Two Prestigious Honors in the Field of Bone Marrow Transplantation
February 28th, 2019
City of Hope, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Stephen J. Forman, M.D., the renowned leader of City of Hope’s Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation Institute and the Francis & Kathleen McNamara Distinguished Chair in Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, will receive the 2019 DKMS Mechtild Harf Science Award...
Southern California Indian American Woman Diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Seeking Stem Cell Transplant
March 4th, 2019
India-West
An Indian American woman who recently was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia is hoping for the public’s help as she seeks a cure for the life-threatening disease.
Students Seek Out Bone Marrow Donors To Help Fellow Classmate
March 12th, 2019
Shannon Litton, WOWKTV.com
A new college program is tryng to bring awareness about bone marrow donation as they try to find one of their peers a match.
Classmates helping Dallas cancer patient find a stem cell donor
Month 00th, 2019
FOX4News.com
Friends, family and strangers are trying to help a Dallas college student battling cancer.
Help this newborn diagnosed with leukemia find a stem cell match
April 6th, 2019
KHOU (Houston)
A Houston mother is begging for help, trying to find a stem cell match for her 6-month-old son, who was diagnosed with leukemia three months ago.
Donor drives held for 5-month-old infant in urgent need of stem cell transplant
April 10th, 2019
WTSP Online (Tampa)
A five-month-old boy desperately needs a stem cell transplant; so, friends of his family are hosting donor drives around the country, including several in Georgia, hoping to find a perfect match.
Donor drives for infant in urgent need of stem cell transplant happening across metro Atlanta
April 10th, 2019
WXIA Online (Atlanta)
A five-month-old boy desperately needs a stem cell transplant; so, friends of his family are hosting donor drives around the country, including several in Georgia, hoping to find a perfect match.
Press Hits - 2018
Son organizes bone marrow drive for ailing father
April 11th, 2018
News12 Connecticut
A Sacred Heart University graduate student is leading a bone marrow drive in an effort to find a lifesaving donor for his father.
Get Well Wednesday: Why African-Americans Need Bone Marrow Donors
April 28th, 2018
BlackAmericaWeb
Too many African-Americans languish on bone marrow donor lists because there are fewer African-American donors. For 8-year-old Darian Smith, that deficiency is a life or death issue. Darian is on…
Fresno man meets bone marrow donor who saved his life
May 4th, 2018
BakersfieldNow
Three months before his 21st birthday, Marcus Cato was diagnosed with acutemyeloid leukemia (AML), a blood cancer that is common among young people. The Fresno native needed a bone marrow transplant to give him his best shot at a second chance at life.
Hicksville Bone Marrow Drive Looks To Save Life Of 9-Month-Old
May 4th, 2018
Patch Network
The drive, held on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., is for baby Elias, who suffers from a rare disease called NEMO.
This Fresno State student had cancer and was near death. A stranger saved his life
May 10th, 2018
The Fresno Bee
Cancer survivor Marcus Cato met Matene Cates, who saved his life with a bone marrow transplant, at a DKMS gala in New York City. The Fresno State student and Clovis North High School graduate was diagnosed with leukemia. More minority donors are needed.
Charleston teen is 'One Millionth Registered Donor' for World Blood Cancer Day
May 31th, 2018
SILive.com
DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center, is celebrating World Blood Cancer Day with a major milestone: To date there are one million registered bone marrow donors in the United States.
Ropes & Gray partner makes plea for potential bone marrow donors to come forward to help daughter
June 6th, 2018
Yahoo Finance
A Ropes & Gray antitrust partner whose five-year-old daughter is battling an aggressive form of leukaemia is campaigning to find matching bone marrow donors to help save her life. Ropes City partner Ruchit Patel’s daughter Kaiya's best chance of survival is an immediate bone marrow transplant. She was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia when her family noticed bruising on her legs. Patel is now campaigning with his family for more people to come forward and register with DKMS, an international non-profit organisation dedicated to fighting blood cancer and helping patients find matching donors.
The Effort to Help Save Greek-American Baby Elias Continues - The National Herald
June 9th, 2018
The National Herald
The Effort to Help Save Greek-American Baby Elias Continues By TNH Staff June 9, 2018 Greek-American baby Elias. (Photo courtesy of Argirokastritis family) MACOMB, MI – The effort to help find a matching bone marrow donor continues for baby Elias Argirokastritis who is suffering from an extremely ...
Garland mom hopes to spread awareness about Sickle Cell Disease
June 19th, 2018
The CW33
GARLAND-- June 19th is not only Juneteenth, but also World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. If you're wondering what Sickle Cell Disease looks like, just take a look a Darian Smith from Garland. "I'm eight-years-old. I like to play video games for fun," Darian said. Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited blo...
When a Young Nala Fell Ill, The Lion King Family Mobilized to Try and Save Her Life | Playbill
June 27th, 2018
Playbill
How Chondra Profit Ardrey and the company of the Disney production came to support the national bone marrow registry—and continue the work in Shannon Tavarez’s memory.
WATCH: Prime Minister asks for donors to come forward after hearing Layla's story
July 2nd, 2018
The Reading Chronicle
THERESA May has recorded a personal message to urge potential lifesavers to come forward after hearing about a young girl with aggressive brain…
MLB Trivia via DKMS - Win 2018 World Series Tickets on FNTSY Radio - RotoExperts
July 9th, 2018
RotoExperts
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Family of six-year-old Marley makes desperate bone marrow donor appeal
August 15th, 2018
ITV News
The family of a six-year-old boy from Newport have launched a desperate search for a donor who could save his life. Marley Nicholls was diagnosed with a rare blood condition earlier this summer.
Baby Elias Still Searching for Lifesaving Bone Marrow Donor, and You Could Be His Cure! - Hellenic News of America
August 17th, 2018
Hellenic News of America
The search continues to find a lifesaving bone marrow donor for Elias Argirokastritis, a one-year-old of Greek descent. Shortly after he was born, Elias became the 22nd person worldwide to be diagnosed with NEMO, a rare blood disorder. This complex disease affects Elias’ skin and immune system,...
Olympian appeals for marrow donors at Austin College
September 11th, 2018
KTEN
Austin College senior Benjamin Sloan has been personally affected by what a medical procedure can do after his father was diagnosed with leukemia. "He received a bone marrow transplant, which I was really thankful for, because it prolonged his life by at least six months," Sloan said.
Indian American Father Struggling with Leukemia Seeks Bone Marrow Donor in Last Hope for Life
September 28th, 2018
Blood drives have been set up nationwide for Girish Chainani, a native of Mumbai, via DKMS, an international non-profit organization which aims to find bone marrow donors for people with blood cancer, and local community organizations.
An Indian American father, diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia last year, is actively seeking a bone marrow donor as he cycles in and out of hospital stays.
Community Hopes to Save Boy by Joining Bone Marrow Registry
October 14th, 2018
NBC DFW
An effort is on to find someone who can save the life of an 8-year-old from University Park. It was all in hopes that someone will be a bone marrow match for Bennett Williams, with the help of DKMS, the...
Emily Jillette talks bone marrow registry
October 25th, 2018
KSNV NBC Las Vegas
Emily Jillette, the wife of magician Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller fame, joined the bone marrow registry in 2014 while attending the Life is Four years later she received a call from DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow center, to be the potentially lifesaving donor for a patient in need.
NYC Marathon Runner Meets Man Whose Life She Saved
November 8th, 2018
CBS New York
People run the New York City Marathon for different reasons. Perhaps the most noble of them all is to save lives.
La. Tech hosts bone marrow drive
November 8th, 2018
KNOE 8 News
Louisiana Tech is looking for bone marrow matches to that could save lives. They're helping students test their DNA to find out if they could be potential bone marrow or stem cell donors.
Everett man meets the Georgia woman he saved a decade before
November 12th, 2018
HeraldNet.com
Jeff Collins wants to dispel the myth that bone marrow transplants are always an invasive process.