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Mayra
I am years old and a mother of two. Last year on December , , I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer. My world…
Dare 2 Dream
Lolo
Lolo was a happy and active - when she was diagnosed with pediatric acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) in December . She spent the next six months at Chi…
Deanna
Within hours of going to the local emergency room in New York, I found myself being admitted to the Dana Farber/Brigham Women's Cancer Center in Bost…
Living with Acute Leukemia
Jay
I was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in the fall of during a routine physical. It took a few weeks to confirm the type of leukemia…
Ethar
Refugee Family Gives Back to LLS after Daughter Survives Leukemia Ethar and her family moved to the United States from Iraq in . Just one year lat…
Sasha
When Sasha had her birthday in June, there was more to celebrate this year — she had just gotten her port removed and was officially done with blood …
Drew
One thought that never crossed my mind as a parent was the fear of a cancer diagnosis for my five year old son. A few months shy of his 6th Birthda…
Anna
In I received one of the scariest calls. My - niece had just been diagnosed with leukemia. I live on the opposite side of the country. I was by her s…
Pam
I was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in December of . I went through six treatments from January to June . The treatments were a serie…
Robert
In , I was diagnosed with M3 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) - now known as acute promyelocytic cancer (APL) - when I was a college student studying abr…
Abby
I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at the age of in April . I am a mom to a now who I had to be apart from for four months to get tre…
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A phase 1 study of DR-0201, a bispecific myeloid engager, in patients with B-NHL
In November , LLS made an equity investment in Dren Bio to "Support Clinical Development of the Program for Rare Leukemia & Lymphoma Indications Incl…
Taylor
Meet Taylor Carol. survivor to singer. Taylor started singing in the 4th grade, until he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at just year…
Suggested Reading - Chris Crushes Cancer
Chris Crushes Cancer by Michele WulffIngram Spark/Amazon, , pagesISBN ----6Chris idolizes superheroes and their adventures. His favorite hero, the Cr…
Steven
I have a rare blood cancer. It is Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM), a type of lymphoma (NHL), but some doctors say it has the same characteristics …
MPN Education Foundation
To bring education, information and emotional support to MPN patients; to increase awareness amongst patients, physicians and caregivers of myeloproli…
Targeting splicing factor mutant myelodysplastic syndromes through GSK-3
Myelodysplasia (MDS) is a lethal stem cell disorder characterized by defective blood formation and progression to leukemia. MDS is frequently caused b…
Role of the AML "Immunome" in response and failure of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy
Most patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are not cured with chemotherapy alone, and most survivors of AML have undergone an allogeneic stem ce…
Albany Board of Trustees
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Robert
I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) when I was years old the summer before I was supposed to start college. Instead, I spent six months…
Dare 2 Dream
Interrogating T-cell apoptotic priming to improve CAR-T persistence in treatment of lymphoid malignancies
cells are made from a patient’s own immune cells, altered so that they specifically recognize and kill the patient’s cancer cells. They are effective …
Immunotherapy of Hematologic Malignancies
The overall goal of this SCOR proposal is to develop and clinically validate immunotherapies designed to produce antitumor activity without the toxic…
Suggested Reading-Between Two Kingdoms
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika JaouadRandom House Publishing Group, February , , PagesISBN: -0399588587Author Suleik…
Suggested Reading - Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie By Jordan Sonnenblick Scholastic, , pages ISBN: This is a touching novel about the relationship between two brothe…
Merging immune and molecular signals in HCL for improved prognosis and treatment decision making
Our research consortium of diagnostic, translational and clinical researchers will undertake an integrated and novel exploration of the immune and gen…