This time last week the Snowdome Foundation and Blood Cancer Research WA hosted ‘Blood, Sweat and Tears of Joy’ an educational evening bringing together clinicians, researchers, patients and supporters. The premise behind Blood Cancer Research WA was to bring blood cancer clinical trials to Western Australian patients. Associate Professor Chan Cheah highlighted just how successful … Continued
Assoc Prof Chan Cheah is passionate and driven. He wants blood cancer patients in Western Australia to have the same opportunity to access new treatments as patients in other parts of Australia. He knows too well that without clinical trials a blood cancer patient will cycle through chemotherapy and radiotherapy, followed by immunotherapy and if … Continued
The treatment of blood cancer has come a long way in a short period of time. It was not so long ago that precision medicine and immunotherapy were just a concept, now they are very much a reality. Not only have they changed the way we treat cancer but also how we diagnose and understand … Continued
The scientific journal Blood recently published a commentary by Dr Michael Bishop examining the effects of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy in follicular lymphoma patients. Below is a summary of the main findings. The paper summarises the results of CAR T-cell therapy from three separate studies that were conducted in patients with refractory … Continued
Dr Stephen Nutt is a recipient of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Snowdome Foundation – Leukaemia Foundation Translational Research Project Grant. He is an immunologist that has looked at cell survival and turned it on its head to see how he can then kill cells. His research is fascinating and hopefully it will result … Continued
Dr Charles Mullighan is an Australian who found his way to the USA to pursue his passion for research into leukaemia. Charles is leading the way in finding a cure to paediatric leukaemia so we feel the LLS-SF-LF grant he has received is a wonderful investment for blood cancer. To read about his project, his … Continued
Dr Ashwin Unnikrishnan is one of the recipients of the “Leukemia & Lymphoma Society-Snowdome Foundation-Leukaemia Foundation (LLS-SF-LF) Translational Research Project” Grants. His project is in the area of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). He kindly took time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions. Q.You have a special interest in MDS – how did this … Continued
The Snowdome Foundation has joined forces with the Leukaemia Foundation and America’s The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to fund blood cancer research projects with Australian researchers through the LLS Translational Research Program (TRP). The TRP is an LLS initiative that aims to fund new and innovative research that shows high promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to … Continued
Knowing Pathology recently interviewed both Nicole Brookes and Dr Piers Blombery to get an understanding of how pathology is helping blood cancer patients. The article below is a wonderful insight into how research and the work being done in the lab is helping Australian blood cancer patients today. Thank you for donating that make this … Continued