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A stem cell treatment to help leukaemia patients avoid potentially deadly infections
Some leukemia patients at Norton Healthcare in the US whose immune systems are weakened by chemotherapy now have access to a new stem cell-based treatment that researchers hope will prevent potentially deadly infections. If successful, the treatment will not just help...
Storing our daughter’s stem cells for the future in the Model Cell Biobank
This is Clavy’s story, one of the first clients of Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK’s Model Cell Biobank. Clavy’s story “I have three children; my son who is now five years old, and two daughters aged three and four months old. My son spent the first two years...
Should parents bank stem cells from their baby’s umbilical cord?
‘BEST INVESTMENT EVER’: Paige, left, with her parents Carla and Kyle Poppleton and little brother Tyler Wrecked a major organ? There’s no transplant waiting list, as a new one can simply be grown in a lab. Cancer has become a minor annoyance, Alzheimer’s can be...
Research funding granted
Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK has made a grant of £6,600 to help fund innovative new research into Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML). Dr Paul Hole, a Senior Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at Cardiff University*, has been awarded a grant by Leukaemia & Myeloma...
Model Cell Biobank’s First Client
The Model Cell Biobank is the first fully-funded service for eligible families which offers parents the opportunity to store their baby’s cord blood for 25 years in case the child, or another member of the family, needs them in the future. This is a case study from...
Support while you shop – Bags of Help from Tesco
We’re pleased to announce that LMR UK has been successfully selected to be part of the ‘Tesco Bags of Help’ scheme, which could raise up to £4,000 for the charity. Tesco’s local community grant scheme uses the money raised by the sale of carrier bags to fund thousands...
Seven-year-old wrote touching cards to classmate with cancer EVERY DAY to keep him positive
Thomas and Dan have best friends since pre-school so when Dan was diagnosed with cancer Thomas kept his spirits up with 50 messages of support.When one seven year old was diagnosed with stage four cancer his best friend was understandably worried for him. So in an...
Zumba teacher keeps spirits high by exercising in hospital while undergoing treatment for leukaemia
A popular Norwich Zumba teacher who has raised money for various charities is now asking for help herself, as she battles a rare form of leukaemia. Lucia Alba, from Norwich, is known for her energetic and fun classes. And the 45-year-old mother-of-two has not let...
Faster detection of leukaemia
A key part of diagnosing blood cancers is done by detecting abnormal chromosomes inside leukaemia cells. Now a new technique, pioneered by Wendy Erber, Kathy Fuller and Henry Hui from the University of Western Australia, will allow these diagnoses to be made more...
CANCER DRUG ROW Terminally ill children with leukaemia and adults battling lymphoma face being DENIED ‘cancer cure’ over pricing row
NICE, the NHS watchdog, is expected to reject new CAR-T treatments for cancer patients, saying they are not cost effective at £375,000 per patient.The new treatments re-engineer the patient’s immune system as a way to fight off the cancer. The technology has already...
