Researcher Spotlight: Lena Lupey-Green, PhD Penn State College of Medicine Lymphomas that are associated with infection of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which induces a chronic, latent infection in B-cells, present a unique therapeutic opportunity wherein the virus can be specifically…
Researcher Spotlight: Yuxuan Liu, PhD Columbia University Medical Center Recent research has shown that genes encoding histone acetyltransferase (HAT) enzymes, EP300 and CREBBP, often become mutated in the malignant cells of follicular lymphoma (FL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).…
Researcher Spotlight: Elise A. Chong, MD University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has been an effective treatment for any patients with B-cell lymphomas who don’t respond to other therapies, producing remissions in 30…
A Discussion About Richter Transformation in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with Tanya Siddiqi, MD, City of Hope How would you briefly describe chronic lymphocytic leukemia? Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of slow-growing non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It is a cancer that…
Researcher Spotlight: Jianguo Tao, MD, PhD H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center With the success of ibrutinib in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and other B-cell lymphomas, researchers have become focused on the problem of treatment resistance – not only do a…
Researcher Spotlight: Sandeep Dave, MD, MS Duke University Medical Center “Even as progress has been made in a number of cancers, the options for MCL patients remain disappointingly narrow,” says Dr. Dave. He and his colleagues are seeking to expand…
Researcher Spotlight: Owen A. O’Connor, MD, PhD Columbia University Medical Center A long-time member of the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board , and a founding Executive Committee member of LRF’s Mantle Cell Lymphoma Consortium, Dr. Owen O’Connor has been…
The late Dr. Oliver Press, Past Chair of the LRF Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and long-time SAB member, was internationally known for his expertise in lymphoma and other blood cancers, and widely recognized for his commitment to supporting early career scientists…
The love story of Denise and Larry Mason spans decades and crosses the country, beginning in New York City in 1959, when they first met and fell in love. At the time, Larry held a Fine Arts Degree from the…
Researcher Spotlight: Selina Chen-Kiang, PhD Weill Cornell Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF)- supported research may have identified both the molecular mechanism that causes some mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patients to be resistant to ibrutinib (Imbruvica), and ways to overcome that resistance.…