CAR-T cell therapy still working a decade on!

In 2010 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy was very experimental.  It had only been tested in mice but two gentlemen who had nothing to lose opted for the experimental treatment.   Remarkably the treatment worked and proved to be their cure from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). A study that followed the two CLL patients … Continued

Snowdome Annual Review for 2020

We are incredibly proud to share with you our 2020 Annual Review featuring financial highlights from 2019-2020. It was a year full of challenges, one that sharpened our focus on what is truly important and dear to us. We believe in our mission to accelerate next-generation treatments for Australian blood cancer patients to help them … Continued

Georgie Crozier’s Parliamentary Address

Thank you to Ms Georgie Crozier, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, Shadow Minister for Health and Shadow Minister for Ambulance Services who gave a members statement in Parliament yesterday. Georgie paid tribute to the hope the Snowdome Foundation is giving Australian blood cancer patients. For the last 10 years you have … Continued

You need a lot of resilience and curiosity to be a researcher

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 the aim of finding a way to overcome this anomaly. Her research project is funded by the Leukemia & Lymphoma … Continued

Reassessing what matters in life

At the young age of 36 Clinton was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). The diagnosis helped him to reassess his life to determine what was important to him and how he wanted to live his life. He made a few big changes. He moved out of the city to the Macedon Ranges. He invested … Continued

Carpe diem

In this Patient Perspective story, we hark back to late 2014 when we featured a story about the generosity of Warwick Sherman. In remission from non-Hodgkins lymphoma, he was embarking on a second quest to win the ‘Sydney to Hobart’ and had very thoughtfully donated his yacht’s $10,000 sponsorship fee to Snowdome. Fast forward to 2016 and Warwick’s … Continued

a patient’s perspective – janet’s story

Janet has endured a multitude of harsh and debilitating treatments since learning she had Myelodysplastic Syndrome (a form of leukaemia) early in 2002. During this time she also endured a relapse, various chest and lung infections and a kidney malfunction resulting in long hospital stays and a constant battle to maintain a positive attitude. It … Continued