'Desperate Housewives' Star Dana Delany Talks About The Scleroderma Research Foundation

Actress Dana Delany stopped by to talk about her role as Katherine Mayfair in Desperate Housewives and tonight's Scleroderma Research Foundation event "Cool Comedy Hot Cuisine."

Delany will participate in their annual event tonight at Caroline's Comedy Club. In 1996, Delany stared in the ABC movie For Hope, which was about scleroderma and directed by Bob Saget, whose sister Gay died from the disease. Saget will host "Cool Comedy Hot Cuisine."

The Scleroderma Research Foundation seeks to find a cure for scleroderma, a life-threatening and degenerative illness, by funding and facilitating the most promising, highest quality research and by placing the disease and the need for a cure in the public eye. It was founded by scleroderma patient Sharon Monsky in 1987, who lost her battle in 2002.

Scleroderma is typically described as a rheumatic disease of the connective tissues. It is a chronic, degenerative disorder accompanied by widespread vascular deterioration and tissue loss. Scleroderma can be disfiguring, debilitating, and deadly. In the most serious cases, the disease causes severe damage and severe complications for the body’s digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems.

For more on The Scleroderma Research Foundation, visit www.srfcure.org.

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