|  |  | Research News Archive for October - December 2004 |
 | DOCTOR WINS MAJOR AWARD |
| |  | | A Glasgow doctor has won a prestigious research award from the UK’s leading blood cancer charity, Leukaemia Research. | | Release date: 14th December 2004 |  |
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| MAKING CHEMOTHERAPY MORE SENSITIVE |
| |  | | Chemotherapy is vital treatment for people with leukaemia and related cancers of the blood such as lymphoma and myeloma. But the way many of these treatments destroy proliferating cancer cells is not fully understood. University of Cambridge researchers will tackle this important area with a new grant of £120,000 from Leukaemia Research. | | Release date: 23rd November 2004 | |
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| LEUKAEMIA DRUG UNDER THE MICROSCOPE |
| |  | | Scientists from Glasgow and Liverpool are joining forces to improve the effectiveness of a drug used to treat a form of leukaemia, chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), which affects 750 people in the UK each year. | | Release date: 22nd November 2004 | |
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| WALSALL STUDENT WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD |
| |  | | Walsall-born student Jane Birtwistle is set to embark on a very important step in her research career after winning a prestigious PhD studentship from the charity Leukaemia Research. | | Release date: 17th November 2004 | |
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| HIGHLIGHTING THE VALUE OF FISH & CHIPS |
| |  | | Pioneering cancer research technology is not the first thing that most people would associate with the term FISH & CHIPS. But a leading leukaemia expert will give an exciting public lecture entitled “FISH & CHIPS” in Edinburgh next week (Tues 2nd November) explaining how two new techniques are changing the face of leukaemia diagnosis and treatment. | | Release date: 27th October 2004 | |
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