A Louisville philanthropist’s $288,000 commitment to the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation will help further research into CAR-T cell immunotherapy and other potentially life-changing novel treatments for kids with cancer. Tom Dunbar, who has now given more than $500,000 to the foundation, said his newest gift will support research into some of the latest treatment options…
Kids with leukemia in the Louisville area soon will be able to get the next big advance in treatment, a revolutionary immunotherapy known as CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor T cells) therapy. In CAR-T therapy, a leukemia patient’s own immune cells are collected and genetically reprogrammed before the cells are reinfused into the patient. The patient’s…
A new hematologist in Louisville is putting international research to practice for local kids. His specialty: blood and bone marrow disorders such as leukemia and immune deficiency. William T. Tse, M.D., Ph.D., with UofL Physicians – Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders, is the new director of the Norton Children’s Cancer Institute Pediatric Blood and Marrow…
A $5 million gift from the Lift a Life Foundation to the Children’s Hospital Foundation will establish the Wendy Novak Diabetes Center at Norton Children’s Hospital. Established in 1999 through a charitable trust by David and Wendy Novak, the Lift a Life Foundation provides innovative grants to nonprofit partners serving Kentucky. The gift is part…