Category: Media

New Directions in Leukaemia Research (NDLR) Conference 2024 to foster breakthroughs in blood cancer treatment

The Leukaemia Foundation is proud to announce its role as the host and sponsor of the prestigious New Directions in Leukaemia Research (NDLR) Conference 2024, taking place from March 4 to March 6, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. The NDLR Conference serves as a pivotal platform where top scientists and clinicians convene to explore emerging breakthroughs in leukaemia research and treatment. This year's event aims to address complex challenges in the field of blood cancer, with a focus on discovering innovative therapies.

Angie and Dom set to overhaul their hair for Australians living with blood cancer

Well-known Aussies Angie Kent and Domenica Calarco (Dom) are set to undergo a massive hair transformation as the Leukaemia Foundation today reveals them as Ambassadors for this year’s iconic World’s Greatest Shave campaign.

An overnight overhaul… Jimmy, Dannii, Amanda, Curtis, and Dylan have switched their ‘do’s’ for the World’s Greatest Shave

Much loved Australian icons and popular celebrity wax figures at Madame Tussauds Sydney – Jimmy Barnes, Dannii Minogue, Amanda Keller, Curtis Stone, and Dylan Alcott – all have one thing in common – they’ve just undergone their biggest hair transformations ever!

World’s Greatest Shave says goodbye to the chins and hello to a ‘bloody beautiful’ new ‘do’

The new look World’s Greatest Shave celebrates the everyday heroes in our community doing ‘bloody beautiful’ acts of shaving, cutting, colouring, or donating, while helping to make the world less lonely, scary, and difficult for blood cancer patients.

World’s Greatest Shave says goodbye to chins and hello to a bold, fresh, and ‘bloody beautiful’ new ‘do’

Australia’s most iconic fundraising campaign, the World’s Greatest Shave, is bidding farewell to its famous upside-down chins, marking the end of an era and the dawn of a new vibrant, bold, contemporary, and more personal campaign to support the growing number of Australians impacted by blood cancer.

Leukaemia Foundation welcomes subsidies for access to genomic testing in Australia

The Leukaemia Foundation welcomes the recent landmark announcement for the subsidy of the raft of new genomic testing for blood cancer patients in Australia. This announcement marks an important step with the creation of new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items for blood cancer genomics, following the Leukaemia Foundation’s initial support in April of the Medical Services Advisory Committee’s (MSAC) landmark recommendation.

Leukaemia Foundation and HSANZ funding next generation of clinicians and researchers to save more Australian lives

Leukaemia Foundation throws its support behind the Australian Cancer Plan on behalf of Australians living with blood cancer