Professor Ricky Johnstone is the Head of the Gene Regulation Laboratory at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Head, The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne. He is the recipient
In a very short period of time Blood Cancer Research WA, supported by the Snowdome Foundation, has managed to increase the number of blood cancer patients on clinical trials by almost 100 and reduce the
Dr Pilar Dominguez is a senior postdoctoral researcher working with Prof Ricky Johnstone at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Her research is focused on the role that abnormal epigenetics processes play in lymphoma formation with
It is disappointing to learn that the Medical Services Advisory Committee did not find in favour of funding tisagenlecleucel a chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The committee
This time last week the Snowdome Foundation and Blood Cancer Research WA hosted ‘Blood, Sweat and Tears of Joy’ an educational evening bringing together clinicians, researchers, patients and supporters. The premise behind Blood Cancer Research
Assoc Prof Chan Cheah is passionate and driven. He wants blood cancer patients in Western Australia to have the same opportunity to access new treatments as patients in other parts of Australia. He knows too
The treatment of blood cancer has come a long way in a short period of time. It was not so long ago that precision medicine and immunotherapy were just a concept, now they are very
The scientific journal Blood recently published a commentary by Dr Michael Bishop examining the effects of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy in follicular lymphoma patients. Below is a summary of the main findings.
Dr Stephen Nutt is a recipient of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Snowdome Foundation – Leukaemia Foundation Translational Research Project Grant. He is an immunologist that has looked at cell survival and turned it
Dr Charles Mullighan is an Australian who found his way to the USA to pursue his passion for research into leukaemia. Charles is leading the way in finding a cure to paediatric leukaemia so we
