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Can avocados fight cancer?
Rich, creamy, nutritious and now cancer fighting. New research reveals that molecules derived from avocados could be effective in treating a form of cancer. Professor Paul Spagnuolo, a researcher funded by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada at the University of Waterloo, has discovered a lipid in avocados that combats acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by targeting the root of the disease - leukemia stem...
Cancer Research Funded by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Featured in New PBS Documentary Series
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Contact: Marcie Klein
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White Plains, NY (February 23, 2015) - Significant advances toward cures for blood cancer patients, many of which were funded by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) over the past 65 years, are among the dramatic highlights featured in Ken Burns presents CANCER: THE E...
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada Names Shelagh Tippet-Fagyas its New President
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Andrea Greif
Senior Director, Communications
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andrea.greif@lls.org
(White Plains, NY - March 31, 2014) - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society today announced that its Canadian affiliate, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC), has named Shelagh Tippet-Fagyas as its new president, effective today. Tippet-...