Wheaton moves Komen Tissue Bank at the Simon Cancer Center to Dallas Race for the Cure

Oct. 16, 2008 - PRLog -- INDIANAPOLIS — As part of the effort to find a cure for breast cancer, Wheaton World Wide Moving is moving the Indianapolis-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® in Dallas. Wheaton will carry the equipment necessary for the Tissue Bank to collect blood samples from volunteers in attendance at the October 18 Race for the Cure.

Members of the Tissue Bank staff and nearly 200 volunteers will collect and process blood samples from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the Race site. To participate in the Dallas blood collection event, the only requirements are that individuals must be female and at least 18 years old.  

The 900-mile trek to move the tissue bank will begin October 15 and put Wheaton’s truck at the starting line in enough time to unload and set up for Saturday’s event.

“Breast cancer is something that clearly affects many of our customers. After all, women tend to be the chief decision makers when it comes to arranging a move,” said Dave Witzerman, executive vice president of Wheaton World Wide Moving. “This is a great opportunity for us to give back to that same group. Finding the cure for breast cancer is such an enormous undertaking. Anything we can do to play a role in finding a cure is well worth doing.”

For more than 40 years, Wheaton has earned the Good Housekeeping Seal for its interstate moving services. This year, Wheaton will offer free subscriptions to Good Housekeeping to volunteers who give blood samples to the Tissue Bank at the race in Dallas.

“In breast cancer, in order to figure out what is abnormal, you have to be able to compare it to normal. So it is because of that, that the normal controls from the Komen Tissue Bank are incredibly important,” said Anna Maria Storniolo, MD, co-Principal Investigator of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center.

About The Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center (KTB)

The tissue bank was created in response to a need articulated by scientists carrying out breast cancer research. To discover what is abnormal, it is first necessary to know what is normal. The

KTB is a repository of whole blood, DNA, serum and frozen human breast tissue. In the future, it will also contain plasma and cDNA derived from tissue RNA. The donors to this repository are volunteers. What sets the KTB apart from all other tissue and blood repositories is that a vast majority of our donors are without evidence of breast cancer. Each sample is annotated with detailed information about the donor. The samples and annotation are cataloged in the KTB searchable database which can be found on its website: www.komentissuebank.iu.edu.

About Wheaton World Wide Moving
Founded in 1945, Wheaton World Wide Moving is one of the world’s most highly regarded providers of transportation services. For more than 40 years, Wheaton has earned the Good Housekpeeing seal for its interstate moving services. With annual revenue in excess of $160 million, Wheaton is the sixth largest household goods carrier according to the American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA). Wheaton offers domestic and international household goods relocation services as well as special commodities and logistic services. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., Wheaton is partner to approximately 250 agents nationwide. To learn more, visit www.wheatonworldwide.com

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Wheaton World Wide Moving provides premier moving services for domesitc and international relocation. Headquartered in Indiana, Wheaton has about 250 agents nationwide and annual revenue in excess of $160 million, Visit http://www.wheatonworldwide.com