Revolution in leukaemia care as new drug appoved
Revolution in care of leukaemia as new treatment drug approved for cancer patients: Asciminib for Chronic myeloid leukaemia CML works differently to existing treatments, giving...
Tag: bone marrow
The Anthony Nolan and NHS Stem Cell Registry
More than 2 million people have registered to become stem cell donors the UK, new figures released today reveal. The UK stem cell register had...
Queen’s University Belfast Awarded Research Grant to Improve Bone Marrow Cancer Treatment
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have received the first scientific research grant from MDS UK to improve treatment for Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS), a type of...
A new boost for leukaemia treatment
Leukaemia treatment can be made more effective by using a drug for iron overload, according to new research. Scientists led by a team at Imperial...
March of the Men
Someone in the UK is diagnosed with blood cancer every 20 minutes, and for many patients a stem cell transplant from a donor on the...
Stem cell donation
The first treatment for all types of leukaemia is usually chemotherapy, a powerful drug treatment that kills the cancerous cells in the blood. Treatment can...
