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		<title>Kelly Rowland, Rihanna and NY Knick, Chris Wilcox Assist In Bone-Marrow Drive</title>
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Kelly Rowland &#38; friends offer support&#8230;.. Celebrities have stepped up to help a 6-year-old New   York City girl who is suffering from a rare and particularly deadly form of leukemia.
Doctors fear Little Jasmina Anema could die unless she receives a bone-marrow transplant soon. Singers Kelly Rowland and Rihanna, and New York Knick Chris [...]]]></description>
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Kelly Rowland &amp; friends offer support&#8230;..<span id="more-838"></span> Celebrities have stepped up to help a 6-year-old <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New   York City</st1:place></st1:city> girl who is suffering from a rare and particularly deadly form of leukemia.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Doctors fear Little Jasmina Anema could die unless she receives a bone-marrow transplant soon.<o:p></o:p> Singers Kelly Rowland and Rihanna, and New York Knick Chris Wilcox among many who are spreading the word about a bone marrow drive to be held Saturday in hopes of finding a match for Jasmina.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Former Destiny&#8217;s Child singer, Kelly Rowland<span>  </span>joined Jasmina and her best friend, Isabelle, at NYU Medical Center Wednesday to help her young fan celebrate her sixth birthday told Access Hollywood, &#8220;The message I would like for everybody out there to know is that this Saturday is a [bone marrow] drive and it&#8217;s an outpatient surgery &#8211; it&#8217;s not an invasive procedure &#8230;<span>  </span>Just think about if it were you, if it were your family member, someone that you&#8217;re extremely close to and look at her face. This life.&#8221;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Rihanna told People, &#8220;when I saw the video of Jasmina it broke my heart.<o:p></o:p><br />
It is so unfair that for a black patient it&#8217;s so much harder to find a bone marrow match.<o:p><br />
</o:p>The singer who helped out another child with leukemia last year added:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&#8220;Leukemia is the most common disease children in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> die of and we need to change that. I urge everyone to sign up as a bone marrow donor with DKMS. If we have more donors, we can save more children like Jasmina.&#8221;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Chris Wilcox visited Jasmina in the hospital and was touched by this adorable, vibrant little girl who is unknowingly fighting for her life.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&#8220;I have a sister who suffers from Lupus so unfortunately she is in and out of the hospital and has undergone chemo therapy,&#8221; said Wilcox. &#8220;I just can&#8217;t bear to see a 5-year-old who literally could die if we don&#8217;t find her a match soon &#8211; and it&#8217;s not an organ that she needs, it is blood cells!<span>  </span>It could be any one of us that could save her life.&#8221;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Dr. William<span>  </span>L.<span>  </span>Carroll, M.D, Jasmina&#8217;s doctor at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">NYU</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Medical</st1:placename>  <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>, explained that &#8220;the problem is<span>  </span>that finding a perfect bone marrow donor is difficult because Jasmina<span>  </span>has no full siblings.<span>  </span>To make matters worse, says Dr. Carroll, &#8220;African-Americans are under-represented in the donor base thus finding the perfect match even harder.&#8221;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Jasmina, along with her best friend Isabelle Huurman first caught the attention Wilcox when he saw a heartbreaking video where Isabelle is asking to help find the &#8220;ONE for Jasmina&#8221; &#8211; the perfect donor match.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">View the video at <a href="http://blogs.bet.com/music/soundOff/wp-admin/www.oneforjasmina.org">www.oneforjasmina.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>A bone marrow drive is set for Saturday at PS 41 in the Village where Jasmina goes to school. Those who want to help can also order a do-it-yourself bone marrow test kit from <a href="http://blogs.bet.com/music/soundOff/wp-admin/www.oneforjasmina.com">www.oneforjasmina.com</a>.</p>
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