Our research projects
Find out more about the research projects you're helping us to fund. Together we can beat blood cancer.
Making stem cell transplants safer for people with blood cancer
Dr Verma is researching to find ways to predict who is at risk of developing graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) following a stem cell transplant to find ways to prevent this.
Creating new ways to prevent the development of myeloid blood cancers
Professor Vassiliou wants to understand how myeloid cancers develop before people start showing any symptoms to create new ways to prevent people developing these blood cancers.
Improving the lives of children with leukaemia through tailored treatment
Professor Christine Harrison's project collects and analyses genetic information from children with leukaemia to try and understand how to treat the blood cancer.
Improving outcomes for people with MDS
Explore Dr Stephen Jenkins's research into two new treatments in people with MDS to see if they can improve symptoms and overall quality of life.
MAJIC trial
Professor Claire Harrison wants to trial a new drug in people who have MPN who are unable to receive standard chemotherapy.
Making CAR T-cell therapy more accessible for people with blood cancer
Dr David Coe is researching a new, quicker way to make CAR T-cells so more people with blood cancer can access this life-saving treatment.
The Precision Medicine in Aggressive Lymphoma consortium
Blood Cancer UK researchers find better ways to categorise and diagnose DLBCL. This will help ensure everyone with DLBCL gets the right treatment for them.
Using ‘fingerprints’ to understand the best ways to treat chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Professor Pepper is conducting research to understand the specific features that cause CLL and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma blood cancer cells to develop.
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