Knoxville Times – Wednesday 18th November, 2009   – (IANS)
Indo-Canadian actress Lisa Ray will undergo a stem cell transplant to treat her multiple myeloma, an incurable form of blood cancer.  The 37-year-old star was diagnosed with the cancer of the bone marrow in June and has been undergoing chemotherapy since July.

Toronto-born Lisa made this announcement Tuesday while visiting the Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School where her film ‘Water’, directed by Deepa Mehta, was screened. Ray, who was born to a Polish mother and Bengali father, said the process for a stem cell transplant would begin next week in a city hospital.  The procedure would begin by releasing her own stem cells into her blood, then collecting them and later freezing them, she said.  Calling it a ‘reboot’ of her system, she said the process would take up to two weeks to complete.  After this, she would put on a waiting list for a stem cell transplant.