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How research is improving our understanding of COVID-19 and its impact on blood cancer patients

June 29, 2020 by Jonathan Kay

Against daily news articles on COVID-19’s impact and possible new treatments or vaccines, it can be very hard to get a clear picture of the research landscape around the virus. Here Anthony Nolan’s Dr Jonathan Kay summarises the medical research underway to improve our understanding of COVID-19 and examines how it affects patients with blood cancer. Jonathan also talks about IMPACT’s COVID-19 clinical trial for stem cell transplant patients which is part funded by Anthony…

Could you be an Online Community Champion like Steve?

June 3, 2020 by Clare McCrudden

Steve, can you begin by telling us a bit about your own stem cell transplant. Why did you need a transplant? I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) in 2012. I’d been feeling tired, getting breathless and having cold sweats for some time and something didn’t feel right. There was a diabetes awareness campaign…

‘My dad was my donor, and it was nerve-wracking as the success rate was significantly lower.’ – Anie’s story

May 6, 2020 by Clare McCrudden

When 25-year-old Anie was told she’d need a stem cell transplant to treat her aplastic anaemia aged 17, she thought finding a matching donor would be easy. But her Asian ethnicity made it much harder to find a match. Anie spoke to Clare from our Patient Services team about her experience of having a haploidentical…

‘In my darkest hour my consultant gave me the incredible, life-changing news that they had found a perfectly matched stem-cell donor.’ – Nick’s story

April 20, 2020 by Hayley Tomkinson

My Anthony Nolan Story began almost 20 years ago with a routine health check-up at work, which revealed macrocytosis (enlarged red blood cells). Investigations followed, and tears of relief that I did not have HIV quickly turned to tears of fear when I was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome. I had never heard of MDS, but…

‘It is a good feeling though to know you have helped in a small way’ – Hayley’s story

April 1, 2020 by Hayley Leonard

Hayley Leonard is Lead Nurse at Anthony Nolan. She has held many jobs during her medical career, including working as a transplant nurse. But her latest role as a volunteer courier gave her an insight into what it takes to get stem cells to a patient, ready for their transplant to go ahead. Normally, a…

‘How can I cope with self-isolation for a prolonged period?’ – Jayne gives her best tips for coronavirus isolation

March 27, 2020 by Hayley Tomkinson

This week, the UK Government announced new measures to encourage self-isolation in order to contain the spread of coronavirus. But what are the best ways to manage during isolation? To find out, we asked someone who knows – a stem cell recipient called Jayne, who gained ample experience of isolation following her transplant. So Jayne,…

How research is improving our understanding of COVID-19 and its impact on blood cancer patients

Could you be an Online Community Champion like Steve?

‘My dad was my donor, and it was nerve-wracking as the success rate was significantly lower.’ – Anie’s story

‘In my darkest hour my consultant gave me the incredible, life-changing news that they had found a perfectly matched stem-cell donor.’ – Nick’s story

‘It is a good feeling though to know you have helped in a small way’ – Hayley’s story

‘How can I cope with self-isolation for a prolonged period?’ – Jayne gives her best tips for coronavirus isolation

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