A momentous day – expanding the availability of CAR-T cell therapy
For anyone living with a blood cancer, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) is a lifeline. Leukaemia and lymphoma patients who have exhausted all other… Read More
Science & Research
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Opening up clinical trials for myeloma patients
Myeloma is currently known as a terminal blood cancer. There is no cure, however there are many new treatments on the horizon which show great… Read More
Understanding clinical trials
Clinical trials are often the gateway to new treatments for patients with blood cancer. When new therapies are being tested they go through various stages. Read More
Five new treatments approved for blood cancer by the FDA
In the last six weeks the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved five additional treatments for blood cancer. The rate at which new… Read More
New multiple myeloma treatment approved in the U.S.
In June 2019, the U.S. FDA approved selinexor (Xpovio) in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Myeloma patients had… Read More
Latest grants announced in Australia-US blood cancer research co-funding partnership
Two new research projects co-funded through a partnership between America’s The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), Snowdome Foundation and Leukaemia Foundation will focus on acute… Read More
Professor John Pimanda – Expediting drug discovery in MDS
Professor Pimanda is incredibly curious. His observations around why cells behave in certain ways and respond variably to stimuli led him down a cell biology… Read More
Prof Ravi Majeti and Dr Daniel Thomas are uncovering new methods to switch off and destroy cancer cells.
Genetics is complex! At a very basic level we understand that when genes are altered or mutated the end result is a disease. This can… Read More
Prof Mark Dawson receives Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
Professor Mark Dawson has been awarded the 2020 Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year. This prestigious award is one of the Australian… Read More
Fellowships provide our Australian researchers with time to do what they do best – Research
For the first time, the Snowdome Foundation pivoted its annual Blood Sweat and Tears of Joy educational event from face-to-face to virtual. This increased access… Read More
