The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Impacting Blood Cancers and Beyond

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Impacting Blood Cancers and Beyond

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In 1964, the five-year survival rate for the most common form of childhood leukemia was only three percent but, today, thanks to treatment advances, about 90 percent of children survive. As the leading global non-profit … Its venture philanthropy …
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US Government's AIDS Relief Program Receives High Marks

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More than 3 million people were receiving antiretroviral drugs in fiscal year 2010 because of PEPFAR support. (The report does note that this number has some overlap with treatment provided by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.) …
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Upper Saddle River's Chan is a finalist in national science competition

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The Bergen County Academies student was recently selected as a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search for her research on Tamoxifen, a drug used to treat breast cancer. Jennifer Chan competed against 1,712 … A student at the Academy for Medical …
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