At this morning’s media launch to announce there will be a ballot system for the highly sought-after reservations at the re-located Fat Duck restaurant at Crown, world-famous chef Heston Blumenthal also announced he has chosen the Snowdome Foundation as one of the three Australian charities he will be supporting while in Australia. Needless to say, … Continued
Well known and much loved Australian musician, John Farnham, has lent his support to the ‘Great Shake-Up‘ with a personal video message. Blood cancers are close to John’s heart, having lost his friend and fellow musician Jim Keays to multiple myeloma in recent months. Having lived with the disease for seven years, Jim passed away aged … Continued
September 18 approaches and it will be three years since my sister Andrea was diagnosed with Diffuse Large B cell lymphoma (stage 4). Andrea was 42 at the time, a partner, a mother of two boys, a daughter, sister, aunty, cousin and friend to many. This was not part of her story or ours but … Continued
“Prepare yourselves for the worst and hope for the best”. These words still echo from Dr Henry Eckhart, the Royal Children’s Hospital senior Haematologist and his team, Dr Keith Waters and Dr Karen Tiedemann as they presented two young and somewhat naïve parents with their son Benjamin’s diagnosis, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (or the beast as … Continued
Since Snowdome began in 2010, we’ve been working hard to attain some significant achievements. With the generous help of our donors and supporters:- – 8 clinical trials have been opened with Snowdome support; – 375 Australian blood cancer patients will be receiving next-generation treatments by 2018; – a joint initiative has been undertaken with the Victorian … Continued
On Wednesday 15 October from 12.30 – 1.30pm, Snowdome will hold the second ‘Great Shake-Up’ virtual fundraising event. This unique event is streamed live into meeting rooms enabling corporate/business Australia to attend an important fundraising event without having to leave their office. Last year 125 company boardrooms participated, raising $1.3 million. Over 2,500 people tuned … Continued
Annette’s journey began with a tooth ache, then a blood test and following a visit to the Emergency department at The Alfred she learned she had Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). Annette had never heard of AML but with the constant support from her husband and a positive attitude she battled through chemotherapy, experiencing the cruel … Continued
Dr Jake Shortt views haematology and blood cancers as one of the most complex aspects of medicine. He enjoys the intellectual challenge of researching blood cancers and likes to question established dogmas and ‘think outside of the square’. During Dr Shortt’s PhD project, he was using a solvent, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), to administer drugs to myeloma … Continued
In June this year at the European Haematology Association meeting in Italy, Dr Melita Kenealy, project manager of the Victorian Epigenetics Group, presented the first results of her recently led, large Australian study for patients with Myelodysplastic syndromes. Here is a brief summary of her report, “First Analysis ALLG MDS4 Study”:- ‘Making hope real’ for … Continued