The annual Farmers Santa Parade will be held on Sunday in Auckland, New Zealand. The Leukaemia & Blood Foundation (LBF), similar to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, has been chosen to receive the money raised.

Each year, the parade organizers nominate a charity for which to collect. LBF, supported entirely by donations, is the only organization in New Zealand dedicated to supporting patients and families with blood-related diseases.

The parade is the largest in New Zealand and is…

Light The Night Walk For A Cure – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society organized its fourth-annual Light the Night Walk in The Woodlands, Texas, attracting more than 1000 walkers. The walk raised over $235,000 towards research for blood cancers. The event has been increasingly popular, quadrupling both in number of participants and dollars raised in the last four years. Light the Night Walk is a national campaign that celebrates everyone who has been touched by cancer. During the two…

A Los Angeles-based biotechnology company, ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (IMUC), has developed a vaccine against glioblastoma (brain cancer) stem cells. This vaccine targets a specific “tag” that is found on the surface of glioblastoma, multiple myeloma, and several other types of cancer stem cells (CSCs), making multiple myeloma a potential target for the vaccine.

CSCs continually renew themselves and have the ability to give rise to all cell types found in a particular cancer, causing tumors to…

Patient Advocate Foundation Co-pay Relief Program – The Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) Co-Pay Relief Program (CPR) provides financial help to insured patients with multiple myeloma and other cancers who qualify for co-payment assistance. Participants can also receive personal, over-the-phone assistance from counselors to help them with the sign-up process. To learn more, visit the PAF CPR site.

Hi-Rex Studios and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team Up for Video Game Charity Event – Hi-Rez Studios,…