Jennifer Lopez throws her support behind Hispanic blood drive appeal
UPI News Service, 02/13/2006
Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez has thrown her support behind a Hispanic blood drive aimed at helping a New York woman with cancer.
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Doctors say Janet Ovalles, 29, will not live unless she gets a bone marrow transplant, MTV.com reported Monday.
Bone marrow donor center, DKMS, scheduled a blood drive Feb. 25 and enlisted Lopez to get the word out to Hispanics, since most matches come from people with the same ethnic backgrounds.
"I am a young Hispanic woman, so is Janet," Lopez said in a statement. "I could empathize with her situation so much."
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