$6M Gift to Further Cancer Research in London
London will have its own national research biobank of Canada for multiple myeloma, which is one kind of blood cancer.
An anonymous person who himself/herself is suffering from multiple myeloma has donated $6 million to create the Canadian Myeloma Research Biobank at London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute.
The biobank will allow researchers in Canada to access patients’ samples to gain knowledge of the disease and discover further treatments.
Martha Louzada, who is a myeloma researcher at LHSC, stressed the need for research funding.
“Funding from the Walk of Champions is vitalto advancing myeloma research. It enablesus to explore newtherapeutic strategiestailored to our patients, improving outcomesand quality of life for those living withthischallenging disease.”
The name of the donor has not been revealed. The biobank is anticipated to become functional in 2027.
Source: London Health Sciences Foundation and LHSC Research Institute.
