United States About Blog The latest lymphoma, leukemia and
myeloma research from prestigious universities and journals throughout the world.
United States About Blog The latest lymphoma, leukemia and
myeloma research from prestigious universities and journals throughout the world.
Precious Cat Litter has teamed up with the Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) for its #CatsAgainstCancer campaign, which aims to raise awareness and find a cure for multiple myeloma, a rare form of blood cancer.
While there traditionally hasn't been a lot of options for people with multiple myeloma, the Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation has been successful at bringing more drugs to market, by far, than any other cancer organization.
Is an honorary board member of the Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation.
He was the founding Chairman of the Multiple
Myeloma Research Consortium, Clinical Trials Core and now chairs the Multiple Myeloma Committee for the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (the former CALGB).
The Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and its sister research organization, the 22 - member Multiple
Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC), have created a remarkable engine for drug discovery and development in a very short time.
As a new member of the elite Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation, we have access to even more new treatments earlier than other facilities, and we are supporting the continued advancement of myeloma therapies.
Participants included CEOs Jonathan Bush of Athenahealth, Ron Gutman of HealthTap, Dr. Clifford Hudis of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Dr. Vivian Lee of University of Utah Health Care, VitalConnect CEO Nersi Nazari, James Park of Fitbit, and Andrew Witty of GSK, as well as President of Flex Health Solutions John Carlson, Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation Founder Kathy Giusti, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Arianna Huffington, Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Vijay Pande, Parker Foundation President Sean Parker, Women's Alzheimer's Movement Founder Maria Shriver, and White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force Executive Director Greg Simon.
Deborah Brooks, Co-founder and Executive Vice President, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Kathy Giusti, Founder, Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation & Consortium Sean Lane, CEO and Co-Founder, Crosschx Claudia Williams, Senior Advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Moderator: Rik Kirkland, Partner, Global Publishing, McKinsey & Co..
The mission of the Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) is to accelerate next generation multiple myeloma treatments to extend patients» lives in pursuit of a cure.
MMRF, a 501 (c)(3), is the number one private funder of multiple
myeloma research in the United States.
THE PATIENT AS INNOVATOR With Deborah Brooks of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research; Kathy Giusti of the Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation & Consortium; Sean Lane of Crosschx; Claudia Williams of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Rik Kirkland, of McKinsey & Co. — Report by Kia Kokalitcheva — Video: Patients Should Get Access to Their Health Data
4:05 pm: Deborah Brooks of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research; Kathy Giusti of the Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation & Consortium; Sean Lane of Crosschx; Claudia Williams of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Rik Kirkland, of McKinsey & Co..
Within weeks of her diagnosis in 1996, Giusti began disrupting
the myeloma research culture — getting isolated doctors and scientists to share data, and building an unheard - of consortium to develop drugs.
And that, of course, was a very different reason from the one that had brought him and his fellow lunch mates to gather that afternoon — at a day of scientific panels and presentations sponsored by the Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation.
When Kathy Giusti founded the Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation, there were no drugs for the blood cancer.
Not exact matches
Announcing the first ever
research program solely dedicated to the early detection and prevention of Multiple
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After his illness was diagnosed, Mr. Cassidy organized two fundraisers at Buffalo Grove High School: a «liftathon,» in which teams of students and staff lifted weights for pledges for the International
Myeloma Foundation, and a «walkathon» for cancer
research.
According to Cancer
Research UK, each year Britain diagnoses 4,000 new
Myeloma cases and 2,500
Myeloma sufferers die.
Sen. Charles Schumer says
research has found a strong connection between firefighting and an increased risk for several major cancers including testicular, stomach, multiple
myeloma and brain cancers.
«Several major advances in recent years have been good news for multiple
myeloma patients, but those new drugs only target terminally differentiated cancer cells and thus can only reduce the bulk of the tumor,» said Jamieson, who is also deputy director of the Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center, director of the CIRM Alpha Stem Cell Clinic at UC San Diego and director of stem cell
research at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health.
«Despite new therapies, it's virtually inevitable that a patient with multiple
myeloma will experience relapse of the disease at some point,» said senior author Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Koman Family Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer
Research and chief of the Division of Regenerative Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
The new findings build on prior
research from the Dhodapkar lab demonstrating that patients with Gaucher disease, an inherited lipid storage disorder, have a significant increased risk for developing
myeloma; and the discovery of a subset of lipid - reactive immune cells, called type II NKT - TFH, that promote the development of plasma cells.
DeCicco - Skinner's
research suggests a new approach for the treatment of multiple
myeloma.
Little
research into multiple
myeloma examines varying patient weight to see how cells encourage cancer growth.
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Research team first to identify AF1q protein associated with multiple
myeloma, extramedullary disease.»
New
research shows that excess weight increases the risk that a benign blood disorder will progress into multiple
myeloma, a cancer of the blood.
«We are excited by the work of Dr. Pourdehnad and colleagues and believe these results are an important advance in understanding the role of myc pathway dysregulation in multiple
myeloma, and ultimately allow for the development of therapeutic strategies to address it,» said Jeffrey Wolf, MD, a UCSF blood disorder specialist and director of the Stephen and Nancy Grand Multiple Myeloma Translational Initiative at UCSF, a sponsor of the re
myeloma, and ultimately allow for the development of therapeutic strategies to address it,» said Jeffrey Wolf, MD, a UCSF blood disorder specialist and director of the Stephen and Nancy Grand Multiple
Myeloma Translational Initiative at UCSF, a sponsor of the re
Myeloma Translational Initiative at UCSF, a sponsor of the
research.
«The treatment of multiple
myeloma has improved significantly in recent years with the introduction of therapies such as proteasome inhibitors [which interfere with tumor cells» protein - disposal system] and potent immuno - modulatory agents,» said the paper's senior author and lead investigator, Paul Richardson, MD, clinical program leader and director of clinical research at Dana - Farber's Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, and the R.J. Corman professor at Harvard Medical
myeloma has improved significantly in recent years with the introduction of therapies such as proteasome inhibitors [which interfere with tumor cells» protein - disposal system] and potent immuno - modulatory agents,» said the paper's senior author and lead investigator, Paul Richardson, MD, clinical program leader and director of clinical
research at Dana - Farber's Jerome Lipper Multiple
Myeloma Center, and the R.J. Corman professor at Harvard Medical
Myeloma Center, and the R.J. Corman professor at Harvard Medical School.
«Our
research highlights a potentially new mechanism of dinaciclib action, and raises the possibility that this agent could be a useful addition to current multiple
myeloma and myeloid leukemia therapies.»
«We've known about these cells blocking immune response for a decade, but haven't been able to shut them down for lack of an identified target,» said the paper's senior author, Larry Kwak, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Lymphoma /
Myeloma and director of the Center for Cancer Immunology
Research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
«Updated criteria for diagnosing multiple
myeloma published by international
research group.»
A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove
Research Institute (OSUCCC — James) provides evidence that genetically modifying immune cells might effectively treat multiple
myeloma, a disease that remains incurable and will account for an estimated 24,000 new cases and 11,100 deaths in 2014
This
research provides the basis for developing new and more targeted treatments and minimally invasive ways of identifying those MGUS patients at risk of progressing to
myeloma.
Dr Daniel Tennant, who led the
research at the University of Birmingham, said, «Our findings show that very few changes are required for a MGUS patient to progress to
myeloma as we now know virtually all patients with
myeloma evolve from MGUS.
Dr Matt Kaiser, Head of
Research at Bloodwise, said, «
Myeloma is a devastating cancer that can cause debilitating and painful bone damage and, although we have become better at treating it and extending the lives of myeloma patients, it is ultimately almost always
Myeloma is a devastating cancer that can cause debilitating and painful bone damage and, although we have become better at treating it and extending the lives of
myeloma patients, it is ultimately almost always
myeloma patients, it is ultimately almost always fatal.
The
research team found over 200 products of metabolism differed between the healthy volunteers and patients with MGUS or
myeloma, compared to just 26 differences between MGUS patients and
myeloma patients.
Recent past honorees include Julian Adams of Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Alfred Goldberg of Harvard Medical School and Kenneth Anderson and Paul Richardson, both of Dana - Farber Cancer Institute, for the development of bortezomib, a drug that has altered the lives of hundreds of thousands of people with multiple
myeloma; Alain Carpentier of Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou in Paris and Robert S. Langer of MIT for innovations in bioengineering; and the work of Harald zur Hausen and Lutz Gissmann of the German Cancer
Research Center on human papillomavirus (HPV) and cancer of the cervix, which was recognized by the WAFP prior to their receiving the Nobel Prize.
A promising avenue of clinical
research in multiple
myeloma is the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors.
This page features information on multiple
myeloma and immunotherapy clinical trials for multiple
myeloma patients, and highlights the Cancer
Research Institute's role in working to bring effective immune - based cancer treatments to people with multiple
myeloma.
The proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib has taken on an increasing role in the treatment of multiple
myeloma, but new
research from the Abramson Cancer Center...
«We explored the relationship between response to initial treatment and survival in patients with newly diagnosed multiple
myeloma, based on data from 63 randomized clinical trials,» wrote researcher Maria Mainou, of the clinical
research and evidence - based medicine unit at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and colleagues.
His primary
research interest is in novel therapies for
myeloma, and he has been at the forefront of the clinical development of bortezomib, lenalidomide, and most recently pomalidomide.
Studies have found less of a direct association between obesity and other cancers, including gallbladder, cervical, ovarian, and prostate cancer, as well as Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple
myeloma — but
research does suggest it may play a role in these diseases, too.
I am a molecular biologist and I do
research related to finding therapeutic interventions for a rare type of hematologic cancer called multiple
myeloma.
he study reiterates earlier
research which shows that prolonged exposure to airborne petroleum hydrocarbons causes «an increased risk of eye irritation and headaches, asthma symptoms, acute childhood leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, and multiple
myeloma.»