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EHA annual conference 2020: the promising future of blood cancer research

Blood Cancer UK rounds up the exciting breakthroughs in blood cancer research discussed at this year’s European Haematology Association conference.

24th Jun 2020

What effect is COVID-19 having on blood cancer research?

Find out how blood cancer research is being effected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

12th Jun 2020

Blood Cancer UK funded researcher Dr Farhat Latif Khanim from the University of Birmingham in a laboratory holding a pipette and sample jars.

New research hope for those with a rare type of leukaemia

Blood Cancer UK research fellow, Dr Marc Mansour and his team, have come to understand more about why some types of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) stop responding to chemotherapy, and how we might overcome it in the future.

11th Jun 2020

Why are people with blood cancer being told to shield for 12 weeks?

Here's the information we have on why people with blood cancer are being asked to shield.

13th May 2020

View from outside a window displaying the words 'Thank you NHS' with a heart emoji and a smiley face with heart eyes.

Could a blood cancer drug be used to help people with COVID-19?

Calquence is being trialled in patients with COVID-19 who are critically ill, in the hope that it may reduce damage to their lungs.

16th Apr 2020

Test tubes stored in a rack

Could a blood cancer drug be used to help people with COVID-19?

Calquence is being trialled in patients with COVID-19 who are critically ill, in the hope that it may reduce damage to their lungs.

16th Apr 2020

Test tubes stored in a rack

Leukaemia protective role of Y chromosome gene discovered

Scientists funded by Blood Cancer UK have discovered the first leukaemia protective gene that is specific to the male-only Y chromosome.

2nd Feb 2020

Leukaemia - how we can use information to treat it

Why finding about how we get leukaemia in the first place is so important for developing new treatments.

2nd Feb 2020

How does the immune system destroy Hodgkin lymphoma?

In Hodgkin lymphoma, the cells which are the root cause of the cancer are hidden within a much larger number of white blood cells.

2nd Feb 2020

Researchers say blood cancer beaten in a few decades

Blood cancer researchers are excited about the future and say the scientific progress made mean blood cancer can be beaten in the next few decades.

2nd Feb 2020

A close up of a researcher's hands in a lab, holding a pipette and test tubes.

Blood cancer treatment - weapon of war

As we pay tribute to the soldiers of World War I, we look at the surprising link between the battlefields of France and blood cancer research.

2nd Feb 2020

World War One image of man with rudimentary gas mask on preparing a machine gun on the battlefield.

Lymphoma: new tool fights most dangerous

UK scientists funded by Bloodwise have found a new way to identify people with lymphoma who are less likely to respond to standard drugs.

2nd Feb 2020

The American Society of Haematology (ASH) Annual Meeting saw 30,000 experts to discuss new research examining blood cancers and other blood disorders.

The American Society of Haematology (ASH) Annual Meeting saw 30,000 experts to discuss new research examining blood cancers and other blood disorders.

2nd Feb 2020

Meet the Scientists 2019 - highlights

The event showcases recent breakthroughs in blood cancer research. It's an opportunity to hear about the latest updates in treatments and technologies.

10th Dec 2019

Targeting multiple cancer genes could be key to treating leukaemia

Faults in two genes directly work together to bring about the deadliest form of blood cancer, scientists have discovered in a study that could pave the way for better treatments.

3rd Oct 2019

How genomics help people with blood cancer?

What is genomics exactly, and how will it help people with blood cancer now and in the future? Blood Cancer UK's Dr Ross P. Coron explains all.

2nd Aug 2019

Blood cancer documentary gave me hope.

War in the Blood, a new BBC documentary follows two people who received CAR-T therapy, a groundbreaking new treatment for blood cancer, as part of a clinical trial. Kate, our Senior Support Services Manager, reviews the documentary.

8th Jul 2019

Two scientists pose together in a lab - one female, one male.

Blood cancer survival beating other cancers

New analysis shows survival rates for blood cancer have risen faster than for other common cancers in recent years. Find out more.

24th Jun 2019

Researchers grow blood stem cells in lab

A method of growing blood stem cells in the laboratory has been developed by researchers at Stanford University and the University of Tokyo.

29th May 2019

Blood cancer and how to cope with stress

For Mental Health Awareness Week, two Bloodwise-funded researchers share things they do to try to maintain mental wellbeing in a stressful environment.

13th May 2019

Anndita Roy - a researcher -  in a lab looking directly at the camera with a microscope