Research has the power to change lives

The drug Doxorubicin is nowadays a standard treatment for many childhood and adult cancers including one of the most common childhood cancers – leukaemia. Back in 1970, this treatment was still new. Little Tracey Brooke was amongst the first children to receive it.

Most days I don’t think about it, but sometimes it hits me and I think ‘Wow, I went through all that’.” Marion McIntosh

Lizzie, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), became the first adult in Nottingham to receive CAR-T therapy after relapsing in 2023. Thanks to her daughter’s stem cell donation and the groundbreaking treatment, Lizzie is now in remission and embracing life one day at a time.