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Stepping behind the scenes
19th November 2019
Last month, Barts Cancer Institute’s Dr Bela Wrench hosted a session as part of the Bloodwise Lab Tour Programme, aimed at bringing current and potential supporters closer to research funded by the charity and to demonstrate the impact they can have in the fight against blood cancer.
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Lymphomas: Perspectives from bench and bedside
15th October 2019
We recently spoke with Dr Jessica Okosun about her work as a clinical researcher working on lymphoma. Find out about her motivations for becoming a clinical researcher and her work on blood cancers.
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Blood Cancer Awareness Month 2019
1st September 2019
Today marks the start of Blood Cancer Awareness Month. Our researchers are committed to work to understand the biology of blood cancer and harness this knowledge to identify new treatment strategies to help those affected.
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Understanding familial leukaemia
8th August 2019
In 2014, the charity Bloodwise awarded a 5-year programme grant to a team from Queen Mary University of London to support research to better understand the nature of the faulty genes responsible for an inherited/familial predisposition to MDS/AML.
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Eliminating cancer stem cells
25th April 2019
Research published today in Cell Stem Cell has discovered a protein which drives an aggressive form of blood cancer, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Inactivation of this protein selectively compromises leukaemic cells while promoting normal blood cell functions.
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BCI at the 60th ASH Annual Meeting
14th January 2019
Researchers from our Centre for Haemato-Oncology attended the 60th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition to showcase our blood cancer research.
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