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1. Baby Giovanni is not only a baby boy fighting for his life, he's fighting for his friends too. He has successfully brought more than 15,000 people to the bone marrow registry.






The truth about bone marrow donation
Roughly 6,000 people in the United States are in need of a bone marrow transplant and only about 30 percent of them will find a match within their own family...

The truth about transplants
Dr. Sung-Yun Pai first met baby Giovanni in January 2006, when the Guglielmo family came to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital in Boston in need...

Giovanni's story
Giovanni was diagnosed with a rare chromosomal disorder called NEMO when he was just months old...

Karina's story
One-year-old Karina Regino was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) just three months after her uncle died of the same disease...

Hristianna's story
In 2004, Mark Lanoue took his three-year-old daughter, Hristianna, to the doctor for a regularly-scheduled check-up...

Marcia's story
My husband, Andy Williams, is a professional soccer player and is currently playing for the MLS team...

QUIZ: The truth about donation

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What hesitations do you have about donating bone marrow?

Afraid of the medical expense involved
Heard the process is extremely painful
Never knew the need was so great
See the video story of a true SuperBaby and follow the path young Giovanni Guglielmo has gone down and learn the importance of donating bone marrow.
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