Bone Marrow

Folk Legend Peter Yarrow Comes Out For N.J. Boy In Need Of Bone Marrow Transplant

A folk music legend is lending a helping hand to a little Bergen County boy in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant.

2013/05/17

Angela Rugh hugs Firefighter Doug Chiz. (credit: Marla Diamond, WCBS 880)

Woman Finally Meets FDNY Firefighter Who Donated Life-Saving Bone Marrow

Angela Rugh, a 22-year-old junior at the University of Pittsburgh came face to face with firefighter Doug Chiz at Fire Department headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn to thank him.

2013/02/27

Water line at the Heckman's home after Sandy (credit: Danielle Heckman)

Long Island Family Struggling To Survive And Treat Sick Son After Sandy

It’s been a very difficult year for the Heckman family on Long Island and, because of Sandy, things are even worse.

2012/11/27

Gift Of Life Will Hold Bone Marrow Drive At South Street Seaport

A birthday bone marrow drive is being held on Sunday for a three-year-old boy in need of the gift of life.

2012/03/11

Dionis Guerrero Baez - Jan 12, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Bone Marrow Drive Being Held For Bronx Man In Need Of Transplant

Dianos Guerrero Baez is battling leukemia and the best matches for a bone marrow transplant were killed in the crash of American Airlines flight 587.

2012/01/13

Bronx Man Whose Family Was Killed In Plane Crash Still Fighting Leukemia

“My mother’s death and my two little sisters’ deaths, I would rather get cancer over again,” said Dionis Guerrero Baez.

2012/01/11

Bergen County Toddler Needs Bone Marrow Donation And Your Help

Ezra Fineman is a 2-year-old Fair Lawn boy who loves the alphabet, music, and his tricycle and he needs your help to stay alive.

2011/11/19

Stories From Main Street: Yonkers Firefighter Saves Life Through Stem Cell Donation

Yonkers firefighter Tim Sullivan says you don’t have to run into a burning building to save somebody’s life. You can do it just by donating blood or bone marrow.

2011/06/27

Ayelet Galena - Photo: Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation

Ayelet Galena, Baby With Rare Bone Marrow Syndrome, Needs Transplant

When Ayelet Galena was born 15 months ago, she weighed 2 pounds 9 ounces. She has a compromised immune system and needs a bone marrow transplant to stay alive.

2011/02/25

In this March 25, 2010 photo provided by Disney Theatrical Productions, actress Shannon Tavarez is seen backstage at the Minskoff theater in New York where she was playing the part of Young Nala in the Broadway musical, "The Lion King." Tavarez, 11, died Monday Nov. 1, 2010, after losing her battle with Leukemia. A founder of the bone marrow donor center DKMS, said Tavarez died at Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, on Long Island. (AP Photo/Disney Theatrical Productions, Jenny Anderson)

Bone Marrow Drive In Young Broadway Star’s Memory

A bone marrow donor registry drive is being organized in memory of the 11-year-old girl who starred as Young Nala in Broadway’s “The Lion King.”

2011/01/14

L.I. Woman Dies After Marrow Donors Refuse To Show

Officials of the Bone Marrow Center said the decision was theirs and theirs alone, and that they don’t have to give a reason.

2010/11/08

The Fogel family of the Upper West Side is doing whatever they can to help their nanny, Lola Barclay, in her fight against non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

NYC Family Hosts Bone Marrow Drive For Nanny

An Upper West Side family is hoping for a large turnout at a bone marrow drive for their nanny on Sunday morning in East Flatbush.

2010/11/07

Diana Delgado, Jonathan Franco (Photo/CBS 2)

Queens Man Meets Donor Who Saved His Life

A Queens man who received a life-saving bone marrow transplant nearly a year ago from a Chicago woman finally got to thank her in person Tuesday.

2010/09/21

Broadway Child Star To Get Lifesaving Surgery

An 11-year-old girl who played young Nala in “The Lion King” on Broadway will get a potentially lifesaving procedure.

2010/08/13

Bone Marrow Donors – July 23

DKMS is committed to helping patients in need of a bone marrow transplant by providing the best donor match possible. Click here for more information on becoming a bone marrow donor.

CBS New York–2010/07/31

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