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Cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats for charity
Chris Smith, a 46-year-old Maths Teacher from Manchester, is taking on an epic cycling challenge this summer to raise money for Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK (LMRUK). Chris is preparing to cycle almost 1,000 miles starting at Land’s End in Cornwall and finishing...
It’s World Blood Cancer Day
Every 35 seconds, someone across the world is diagnosed with blood cancer. May 28th is World Blood Cancer Day and we’re marking this day to show our support for people affected by blood cancer and highlighting all the ways you can show your support as well as the...
Myeloma expert joins Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK
Dr John Jones, who was awarded the 2020 Royal College of Pathologists Research Medal in Haematology for his work on genetic evolution in relapsed myeloma, has been appointed to Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK’s experienced Research Review Committee (RRC). With a...
Blood cancer research charity joins the Association of Medical Research Charities
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve joined the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), an organisation dedicated to supporting charities that focus on funding medical research intending to save and improve lives. Since we were founded in 2015, we’ve been...
Geraldine’s Myeloma Journey
Geraldine Connolly from Wirral in Merseyside was diagnosed with myeloma on 14th August 2019. She’s sharing her journey to encourage people to be aware of the signs and symptoms of myeloma, and credits her optimism throughout her recovery to her local myeloma support...
Our March newsletter is here
In our latest update, we encourage our super supporters to take on our 5.7 mile challenge for Myeloma Awareness Month, as well as sharing inspiring stories from our fundraiser Damian, who is taking on his first Half Marathon this June, and from Sam who banked her...
Damian’s Hertfordshire Half Marathon to raise awareness of Myeloma
Damian Basey, 38, from Hertfordshire is running his first Half Marathon this June to raise money for Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK (LMRUK) after a close family member was diagnosed with myeloma. Damian’s cousin Lorna, a healthy mother of two young boys, was...
LMRUK’s Myeloma Awareness Month
We want to raise awareness of myeloma, one of the three main types of blood cancer, and help you to understand the signs, symptoms and treatments, which is why this March we’re hosting a Myeloma Awareness Month. You can join in the conversation by keeping an eye on...
Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK supports a young family to store cord blood stem cells to protect the next generation
The moment baby Alice Newborough was born, parents Sam and Craig had a phlebotomist on hand to harvest potentially lifesaving stem cells from her umbilical cord, which were frozen and banked as a charity-funded health insurance for the little girl and her older...
A Molecular Biologist has been awarded funding to support a new method of research into blood cancer
A bespoke research method which has never been used in the field of blood cancer before has now been made possible following vital funding from blood cancer research charity, Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK (LMRUK). Dr Salvatore Papa, an Assistant Professor in...
