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Oscar Saxelby-Lee: Stem cell match boy ‘doing well’

Oscar Saxelby-Lee: Stem cell match boy ‘doing well’

The mother of a boy with leukaemia says he is feeling "well" three weeks after a stem cell transplant. A stem cell match was found for five-year-old Oscar Saxelby-Lee after about 5,000 people joined a donor register. Olivia Saxelby said her son was treated for a virus...

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Our First Newsletter!

Our First Newsletter!

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Alan’s mighty stride for Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK

Alan’s mighty stride for Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK

We are very grateful for the outstanding efforts of all our fundraisers who are the mainstay of our charity. Here’s how Alan from Glasgow has been helping us.  Alan’s KiltWalk  “In July 2017 my partner’s father Bobby was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). ...

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Fran Verter’s blog on World Cord Blood Day

Fran Verter’s blog on World Cord Blood Day

Today on World Cord Blood Day 2018, we look back on 30 years of growth since the first cord blood transplant in 1988, and we look forward to new applications of cord blood from the frontiers of research. The charity Leukaemia and Myeloma Research UK is one of the...

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Captain’s Charity Day for Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK

Captain’s Charity Day for Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK

We are very grateful for the outstanding efforts of all our fundraisers who are the mainstay of our charity. Here’s how Grant and his local golf club in Bedfordshire have been helping us.  In memory of my father I chose to raise funds for Leukaemia & Myeloma...

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Ben’s head shave in memory of his father

Ben’s head shave in memory of his father

Our story – When Ben was 15 years old, he wanted to do something in memory of his dad who died from Leukaemia when he was just two years old.  When Karen was pregnant with her first child, her husband Danny was diagnosed with Leukaemia. Despite receiving a programme...

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