Leukathon 2022 funding BMT research
“It’s what mates do.” That’s what Cameron Haynes says of his involvement in the Leukathon, a gruelling long-distance challenge that raises funds for bone marrow transplant (BMT) research. “We were reeling from the news about Luke, and we wanted to do something to help.” Luke (Chappo) Chapman was a fit and healthy young man, “a […]
Success for Arrow at BLOOD 2022
We attended the BLOOD conference (organised by HSANZ, the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand) for the first time this year, and it was a great success for Arrow! The conference in Sydney was attended by over 1000 clinicians, nurses and scientists, and gave us the opportunity to reconnect with our existing hospital networks face […]
GAMBIT medical research program
The GAMBIT medical research program being undertaken by the Blood Stem Cell and Cancer Research Unit at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, is the largest study of it’s kind. A population-based study of blood mutations in Australian adults GAMBIT researches the “Genomics of Aging-acquired Mutations in Blood to Identify Therapeutics for Cancer, Cardiopulmonary, Metabolic and Blood […]
Liverpool Catholic Club supporting medical research for over six years.
Thank you to long term supporters Liverpool Catholic Club who have donated an amazing $70,000 to the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation. Liverpool Catholic Club have been supporting Arrow for over six years. This recent donation brings their total contribution to Arrow’s bone marrow and stem cell research programs to over $250,000 resulting in significant […]
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic PhD Scholar 2022
Introducing Ritika Saxena, the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic PhD Scholar for 2022! Ritika Saxena has been awarded this year’s Hawkesbury Canoe Classic PhD scholarship for her stem cell research project aiming to help patients with blood cancers or bone marrow failure. After losing her grandmother to multiple myeloma (a cancer of plasma cells) almost a decade […]
Michael Papadimitrious PhD Update
In 2019 Michael Papadimitrious was awarded his PhD from the University of Sydney for his research into the use of dendritic cells to elicit an anti cancer immune response against certain blood cancers. This research was made possible thanks to the Arrow Hawkesbury Canoe Classic scholarship which supported Michael during his PhD studies between 2014 […]