Saving Henry: A Mother's Journey - Hardcover

Strongin, Laurie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401323561 ISBN 13: 9781401323561

Verlag: Hyperion, 2010

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Book by Strongin Laurie

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Relates the author and her husband's struggle to save their son, Henry, from Fanconi anemia, through a ground-breaking process where they would have another baby through in-vitro fertilization in order to harvest stem-cells from its umbilical cord and transplant them into Henry's body. 40,000 first printing.

Biografía del autor:

Laurie Strongin is the Founder and Executive Director of Hope for Henry Foundation, which brings smiles and laughter to seriously ill children. Prior to that, Laurie was Senior Director of Wealth Creation at the Fannie Mae Foundation. Laurie also acts as a family advocate in the ongoing national discussion about ethics and genetics. She has participated as a panelist and guest lecturer in a range of forums hosted by the Johns Hopkins Genetics and Public Policy Center on preimplantation genetic diagnosis. In 2006, Laurie joined Nancy Pelosi to urge the Senate to pass the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act. That summer, Laurie published an Op-Ed in theWashington Post. She and her family were featured on Nightline, and in aNew York Times piece, as well.

Laurie is a regular panelist on Clear Channel's Sunday radio program, "Women Talk," broadcast in the Washington, D.C. area on WMZQ, WASH-FM, WBIG and DC101. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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• Verlag: Hyperion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1401323561
• ISBN 13: 9781401323561
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 271