A group of biomedical researchers from around the world, including Dr. Alexander Bick at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, have developed a new technique called PACER to measure the growth rate of abnormal blood stem cells. This breakthrough could help doctors reduce their patients future risk of blood cancer. Why This Matters: The Importance of Understanding […]
Blood Cancer Discovery: Scientists Create Human Bone Marrow Organoids to Improve Anti-Cancer Treatments
Summary This blood cancer discovery highlights a new approach for investigating blood cancers and bone marrow disorders. MPNs or myeloproliferative neoplasms are blood cancers in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells, platelets or white blood cells. Currently, there are limited models available to understand the development and response to treatments of […]
September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month for MPNs
by Lou Ann Donovan and David Wallace National Blood Cancer Awareness Month: Spotlight on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms September marks National Blood Cancer Awareness Month, an annual event established by Congress in 2010 to shed light on various blood diseases, including the lesser-known chronic blood cancers called Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs). The statistics are sobering: every three minutes, […]
Actor Jeff Bridges reveals Lymphoma blood cancer
by David Wallace 2022 Update – Jeff Bridges Says He is feeling Terrific after going into Remission following Lymphoma Battle Jeff Bridges is sharing a positive health update two years after revealing he was diagnosed with lymphoma. In September 2021, the actor, 72, announced he is in remission — and now, months later, Bridges says he feels “terrific.” During […]
Repurposed Drug Interferon for the Treatment of Polycythemia Vera
Drug Gives Woman with Polycythemia Vera – Blood Cancer the Gift of Life This patient story was featured on ABC 7, Chicago News. It is encouraging to see MPN patients share their story on the local TV news media. The MPN Research Foundation also covered Karrie’s story in their latest newsletter. I wish more patients […]
