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Myeloma Crowd Research Initiative (MCRI) Funds Two Immunotherapy Projects

May 25, 2017

The Myeloma Crowd Initiative selected two proposals it has selected for the MCRI crowdsourcing and patient-led funding initiative. This is the first time that a united group of patients have joined with myeloma researchers to find and fund a cure for high-risk myeloma. “The study of high-risk myeloma should be one of the top priorities[...]

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Patients Accelerating a Cure for High-Risk Myeloma with the Myeloma Crowd Research Initiative

September 30, 2016

Richard Hite is a myeloma patient who can’t wait for a cure. Can you? Because only 1 in 12 research proposals are funded by the NCI, we decided that it was time patients pitch in to help speed a cure for themselves. It typically takes 10 years to bring a new treatment to the clinic.[...]

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The Lion, the Gazelle & the Pesky Myeloma Cell. High Risk Disease and What to Do About It

June 3, 2016

BY LIZZY SMITH Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. Not long ago, I heard Dr Rafael Fonseca of Mayo[...]

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Patients with Purpose: Wendy Reif’s Jewelry Donations for Myeloma Research Now Available

March 18, 2016

For Wendy Reif, jewelry making will forever be linked with myeloma. It all started in 2014, not long after Wendy’s husband learned he would start treatment for multiple myeloma (he was diagnosed as “smoldering” two years prior). That’s when Wendy took a jewelry making class as “caregiver therapy,” joining a few of her closest friends[...]

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Call For Auction Item Donations – Proceeds Will Benefit MCRI

November 23, 2015

The Myeloma Crowd Research Initiative (MCRI) is off to a fabulous start, so far raising $500,000. Our next project is an online fundraising auction. We are asking you, our myeloma family, to consider donating something of value for this critically important project. Here’s how it works: 1. Send a description and quality photo of the[...]

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The MCRI 12-Day Challenge Wrap Up

November 9, 2015

It’s been a great couple of weeks as thousands of you have read, watched, posted and shared to promote multiple myeloma awareness. Does greater awareness mean better results? We say YES, IT DOES! In a few short days, this is what we’ve accomplished together: We’ve shared more about multiple myeloma to a broader community so[...]

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MCRI Day 12 Challenge: Devon Harris and The Jamaican Bobsled Team Push for Better Outcomes for Multiple Myeloma

November 7, 2015

Devon Harris, member of the 1988 Olympic Jamaican Bobsled team, has a message for you about multiple myeloma. Watch the video and share to continue pushing myeloma awareness for better outcomes for us all. We receive $1 per share from our corporate sponsors that will be donated to myeloma research, but only if you include[...]

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MCRI Day 11 Challenge: Make Your Own “Can’t Wait for a Cure” Multiple Myeloma Video or Share One

November 6, 2015

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MCRI Day 10 Challenge: Multiple Myeloma Patient Advocates are Making a Real Difference

November 5, 2015

Because of you, more than 30,000 people have learned about multiple myeloma through the MCRI 12- Day Challenge – and we aren’t even done yet! To put this in perspective 20,000 people a year are diagnosed with multiple myeloma. THANK YOU! If a few patients can educate tens of thousands of people in a few[...]

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MCRI Day 9 Challenge: Teach Your Primary Care Doctor How to Diagnose Myeloma and Save Lives

November 3, 2015

One in five multiple myeloma patients die within 60 days of diagnosis because the blood cancer was caught too late. Doctors need to know that common symptoms like back pain, fatigue and frequent infections could actually mean myeloma. Share this important letter with your Primary Care Doctor then share on social media with #discovermyeloma #curemyeloma.[...]

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