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Breakthrough results in European multicenter trial on acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL): no more chemotherapy?

APL is a rare, yet aggressive, subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) characterized by a maturation arrest of white blood cell precursors in the marrow, leading to a shortage of normal white cells and platelets in the blood, which is…

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Research Committee

Current committee members
Brian Huntly, United Kingdom (Chair, CBTH representative)
Ruud Delwel, The Netherlands (Vice-Chair (non-Board member))
Dominique Bonnet, United Kingdom (EHA Board and SWG Committee representative)
David Kent, United Kingdom (Fellowships and Grants representative)
Alba Maiques Diaz, Spain (Young EHA representative)
Regular members
Mirjam Belderbos, The…

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Position of EHA on Research Funding

 

The challenge
The cost of biomedical research is great, but the cost of disease is immense. An ageing population and expensive innovations in medicine put an increasing burden on already stressed healthcare budgets.

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Uptake of CAR T cell therapy in Europe

Feb 05 2019 Posted in Advocacy news Tagged CAR T

Gene (editing) therapy continues to break ground in hematology, showing promising results in tackling severe blood cancers. Yet, its uptake in the European Union is slow, with few patients benefiting from it so far.

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