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MMRF And LLS Grant $500,000 For Study Of The Multiple Myeloma Stem Cell

By: Michael Salgado; Published: February 15, 2009 @ 12:06 pm | Comments Disabled

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) have paired up to fund a research initiative focusing on multiple myeloma cancer stem cells. Dr. William Matsui of Johns Hopkins University and Dr. Irving Weissman of Stanford University each received research grants worth $250,000.

After prominent cancer stem cell experts met at the 2008 MMRF Myeloma Cancer Stem Cell Research Roundtable, it was decided that myeloma cancer stem cells studies should be funded.

Some scientists believe that cancer stem cells, which are immature cancer cells, are responsible for the proliferation and reappearance of cancer.

Dr. Matsui studies myeloma stem cells, and Dr. Weissman studies the development of blood-forming cells. Their research will allow existing cancer stem cell information to be applied to multiple myeloma, and may help develop more treatment options.

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