We are very pleased to announce that Snowdome, in conjunction with the Leukaemia Foundation, are funding RAVEN, a new, national paediatric trial for Australian children with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). This is the first study of its kind to look at the effectiveness of a combination treatment to overcome chemotherapy resistance in … Continued
The Wilson family has extended their generous philanthropic donation to the Snowdome Foundation, providing an additional $3.5 million for the Wilson Centre for Blood Cancer Genomics housed at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. This is the philanthropic family’s second major gift. In 2017, The Wilsons announced a major gift of $5.5 million to establish the Centre. The Wilson family have now donated more than $9 million to the Snowdome … Continued
Zanubrutinib is a new small molecule inhibitor of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) that has been compared to ibrutinib in clinical trials. The ASPEN trial compared zanubrutinib to ibrutinib for the treatment of patient with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM) and demonstrated a higher very good partial response rate as well as improvements in safety and tolerability. The … Continued
From December 1st 2021 Australians with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) will be able to access venetoclax treatment via the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS). This will reduce the cost of treatment from $88,800 to $41.30 or $6.30 for concession card holders. Approximately 1,100 Australians are diagnosed with AML each year. AML is a result of an … Continued
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021/22 Leukemia Lymphoma Society – Snowdome Foundation – Leukaemia Foundation (LLS-SF-LF) Translational Research Program grant winners. This year the grant is awarded to a multidisciplinary research team including, Dr Lev Kats at University of Melbourne, Prof Jake Shortt at Monash University, Prof Philip Thompson at Monash University and Assistant … Continued
Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision, the Snowdome Foundation and the Gunn Family are thrilled to announce Dr Katherine Cummins as the second ever recipient of the Gunn Family Women in Haematology Fellowship. This fellowship endorses the passion of both organisations to support the advancement of women in medical research and importantly offers long-term commitment to funding, combined … Continued
West Australian family the Zuks were introduced to cancer in 2013. Cancer had never been a part of their lives. They were all fit and healthy, or so they thought. But at the age of 60, Rita, mother to Lincoln, Renee and Clayton, wife to Len, and the heart of the family, detected a lump. … Continued
September is blood cancer awareness month and this year we are asking you to get involved. The rates of blood cancer diagnosis and mortality are increasing year on year and Snowdome needs your help to find better treatments for this indiscriminate disease. We are asking you to kiss a vice goodbye for the month of … Continued
Introducing “The Bloody Good Red” wine fundraising project. This exciting project is a collaboration between the Snowdome Foundation, Calneggia Family Vineyards and Naked Wines Australia. Mike and Sally Calneggia, own Calneggia Family Vineyards in Margaret River, Western Australia. Sadly, they lost Mike’s father Jim to Multiple Myeloma and since that time the Calneggia Family has … Continued