NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2005--The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) today announces the launch of Bank On A Cure(R), the first myeloma-specific, cancer-patient DNA bank in history. Bank On A Cure was created to advance research, to provide better treatments in the short term, and to find a cure for multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow. As part of today’s public launch event at the Millenium Hilton in New York City, Geraldine Ferraro will contribute a sample of her DNA to Bank On A Cure through a simple, painless procedure known as “swish and rinse.” Ms. Ferraro was diagnosed with myeloma in 1998.
