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*Latest Fundraising News

*Glasgow Bikeathon returns for 2010
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The Glasgow Bikeathon will be returning to Glasgow on Sunday 23 May this year after a successful event in 2009. The event is organised by and will raise money in support of Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
Release date: 19 Feb 2010

*Brendan Foster and local children launch Bupa Junior and Mini Great Runs
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Bupa Great North Run event founder Brendan Foster was joined by local children and a young Emmerdale celebrity today (Monday 15 February 2010), to urge youngsters to lace up their trainers and show the grown-ups how it's done at the launch of the Bupa Junior and Mini Great Runs.
Release date: 16 February 2010

*Leukaemia Survivor Steps Up For Beefy's 25 Anniversary Walk
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Twenty-five years after taking part in Sir Ian Botham’s first ever legendary walk from John O’Groats to Land’s End, a leukaemia survivor from near Lydney in Gloucestershire will be stepping out once again to celebrate the cricket hero’s special anniversary walk in April.
Release date: 11 Feb 2010


*Latest Research News

*Southampton researchers make breakthrough in most common type of leukaemia
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Researchers at the University of Southampton have announced exciting progress in the understanding of how the genetic makeup of patients with leukaemia can affect how they respond to treatment.
Release date: 08 Dec 2009

*Scientists create model of a blood disorder
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UK scientists have generated the first mouse model of 5q- syndrome, a human blood disorder, demonstrating the feasibility of creating chromosomal deletions in mice in order to study the genetic origins of such conditions.
Release date: 23 Nov 2009

*Scientists solve 100-year cancer puzzle
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A rare case of a mother and her infant developing the exact same cancer has allowed an international team of researchers to solve a puzzle that has perplexed scientists and clinicians for a century.
Release date: 12 October 2009





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