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Over half of Brits don’t know symptoms of blood cancer
31st Aug 2018
How myeloproliferative neoplasms disrupt the work of blood stem cells
Blood stem cells need to strike a delicate balance between making other types of blood cells and renewing themselves. When myeloproliferative neoplasms happen, this balance is disrupted. Recent research carried out by Bloodwise-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge has revealed the genetic changes that cause these disruptions.
14th Aug 2018
More people with CLL to benefit from ibrutinib in future
More people living with a type of leukaemia in England will soon have access to Ibrutinib, thanks to a successful campaign by Bloodwise and other organisations.
9th Aug 2018
Blood cancers taking longer to be diagnosed than other cancers
27th Jul 2018
Looking back on blood cancer research breakthroughs through the decades
4th Jul 2018
Successful stem cell transplants without chemotherapy or radiotherapy?
26th Jun 2018
How does acute promyelocytic leukaemia begin?
Professor Ellen Solomon and the late Professor David Grimwade received Blood Cancer UK funding to investigate how acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) develops. Here's a breakdown of what they discovered.
12th Jan 2018