Data manager Alia Cibich receives Jazz Pharmaceuticals Award
How do doctors know what treatment is likely to help which patient? Data. And lots of it. Years, no decade after decade of it. While you probably won’t ever see a TV series with the likes of a dreamy Patrick Dempsey playing the role of key data manager, here at Arrow, we think data managers […]
Jackie’s cat saved her life. (Oh, and an allogeneic stem cell transplant.)
A woman with a cat bite walks into a medical centre… No, it’s not the start of a bad joke, but what followed for Jackie was so surreal it felt like it could have been. She had been feeling fatigued and lethargic for a while, but it wasn’t until a routine blood test after she […]
Youer than you: An update on the Haploidentical Transplant Research Project
Youer than You: we love to be individuals! We all like to think of ourselves as unique, as being a “one off”. Even Dr Seuss celebrated our individuality in his famous line “There is no one alive who is youer than you.” We love to think that we are little pieces of individuality with our […]
The Straight and Marrow
Arrow is proudly sponsoring the second season of The Straight & Marrow, a fabulous podcast that discusses all things allogeneic bone marrow transplant from pre-transplant considerations to survivorship using experiences of health care providers, patients & carers with current evidence to keep it straight. When GvHD Nurse Consultant Alexandra Rivalland and BMT Nurse Practitioner Yvonne Panek-Hudson […]
World Transplant Games in Perth 2023
Making a splash 38-years post bone marrow transplantation Camaraderie, commitment and courage are three words that come to Lisa Cuthbertson’s mind when she talks about the World Transplant Games, recently held in Perth, Western Australia, 15-21 April 2023. “Camaraderie because everyone there has had a second chance at life and so many memorable moments […]
Haematopoietic Stem Cells are having their 15 minutes of fame.
There has been a lot of press coverage lately about bone marrow transplants and stem cell therapies, from politicians calling for an overhaul of the way Australians can register to become bone marrow donors, to heartbreaking stories of life-saving bone marrow donations being left on the tarmac instead of being put on the plane bound […]
Living with Primary Myelofibrosis – A conversation with Emma
It was soon after the birth of her second child that Emma’s unusually high platelet count was noticed for the first time, and just 2 months later she was told she had Essential Thrombocythemia, usually diagnosed in people much older than Emma. Here’s Emma’s story: Can you tell me, Emma, how you were first […]