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Dorothy
Dorothy Spriggs was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in and is currently doing well.Since , “Ms. Dottie” has volunteered with the Baltim…
Living with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Johanna
I am a teacher from Texas. My journey to Team and Training wasn’t immediate. I moved to Texas from Louisiana. When I moved to Texas, I decided to star…
Casey
It was in May, that - Casey Moore began experiencing her first symptoms of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). For a week straight, Casey had been vomiti…
Discovery of Aging-Driven Mechanisms Causing Clonal Hematopoiesis (CH) and its Progression to Hematological Malignancy
My research focuses on why and how risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) increases with aging. Studying naturally aged mouse models in combination with…
Therapeutic targeting of AML stem cells 2023
The goal of this SCOR project is to identify and eradicate the root cause of acute myeloid leukemia, the leukemia stem cell (LSC). In the previous cy…
Identifying Prognostic Markers of Relapse in Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL) and HCL-Variant by Profiling Mutated Blood Stem Cells and Fibrosis Pathways
This collaborative program investigates why Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL) and its variant often relapse despite effective therapies and why fibrosis freq…
Doug
On July , I had just finished eating out at our local diner. When standing at the register to pay, my defibrillator fired and an ambulance was called…
Lisa
I noticed some lymph nodes popped up on my neck so I went to the Dr. I didn't feel bad at all. My Dr. ordered blood work and my white blood count was …
Mabel
My name is Mabel. I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in December . I started aggressive treatment at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA.…
Targeting the inflammatory GM-CSF pathway in high risk CMML
Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is a rare but poorly understood blood cancer often presenting with crippling inflammatory symptoms that frequen…
Saly & Merna
We began volunteering with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) annual Light The Night (LTN) event in high school. Our hearts were touched by the c…
Nicole
I first became involved in Team In Training (TNT) and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) in March of because I was very interested in running the …
Shaden
Shaden is fighting against leukemia. He is three years old and was a healthy boy before his diagnosis. Then, out of nowhere, he would get a lot of bod…
Austin
In May , when Kimberly Schuetz was starting to plan her son Austin’s third birthday, he was diagnosed with a form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Aus…
Debbie
My only child was my heart and soul! He was a son to be proud of in so many ways. Kind, gentle, and caring was only the tip of the iceberg to his ch…
Madison
Hello! My name is Madison, but that's not what you need to remember. The name you need to remember is Brodie. You see, I am joining the Student Visio…
NK cell immunotherapy to reduce relapse after haploidentical transplant for high-risk pediatric AML
Leukemia recurrence remains the most common type of treatment failure after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant for children and young adults wit…
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Coronavirus () Chat for Patients and Caregivers We are holding an online chat to provide support and an opportunity to connect during these unexpec…
David
I was diagnosed on December , , after six weeks of bloodwork that wasn't leading to good outcomes. My hematologist had me do a bone marrow biopsy on D…
Stories
Todd
This cause is dear to me because my grandmother, Anne Zavorskas, passed away several years ago from Hodgkin’s disease—a form of leukemia. Also, many y…
Michael
I’m Michael and I’m a two time leukemia survivor. My story is the force that drives me, fuels my energy, and led me to challenge myself to jump rope ,…
Kent
When Noah was born in , we were surprised when the doctor told us he had Down syndrome. Soon after, we were informed about all of the things that Noa…
Betty
In , after doing a -mile, walk in support of breast cancer, of which I am also a survivor of, I realized that something seemed wrong as the walk was …
Synthetic introns to target U2AF1 mutant leukemias and dissect molecular basis for mis-splicing
Mutations affecting RNA splicing factors are the most common class of mutations in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and related myeloid neoplas…
Unraveling the Cellular and Molecular Origins of B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Down syndrome
Children with Down Syndrome (DS) have a -fold increased risk of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (). We aim to identify the cells of origin in and defin…