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BBC presenter wins posthumous radio award for cancer podcast

sudshr47 October 19, 2018

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Rachael Bland touched many people’s lives through her work as a presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live. Bland died in early September from breast cancer after sharing her experience of living with cancer on her podcast, “You, Me and The Big C”. 

Less than two months after her death, Bland has won a posthumous radio award.

Bland, 40, died on Sept. 5. She is survived by her husband Steve and her son Freddie. 

Our beautiful, courageous Rachael died peacefully this morning surrounded by her close family. We are crushed but she would want me to thank everyone who took an interest in her story or sent messages of support. You’ll never know how much they meant to her. Steve and Freddie xxx pic.twitter.com/soq7YHvF9u

— Rachael Bland (@Rachael_Hodges) September 5, 2018 Read more…

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As biological manufacturing moves to the mainstream, Synvitrobio rebrands and raises cash

sudshr47 September 11, 2018

The pace at which the scientific breakthroughs working to bend the machinery of life to the whims of manufacturing have transformed into real businesses has intensified competition in the biomanufacturing market. That’s just one reason why Synvitrobio is rebranding as it takes on $2.6 million in new financing to pursue opportunities in biopharmaceutical and biochemical manufacturing. […]

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32-year-old YouTuber shares his terminal cancer diagnosis in really moving video

sudshr47 September 7, 2018

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British YouTuber PeeWeeToms has shared his terminal cancer diagnosis in a powerful vlog. 

The 32-year-old vlogger — whose real name is Dan — was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2015 — “a type of sarcoma and carcinoma called a sarcomatoid carcinoma.”

He’s been charting his cancer journey on his YouTube channel.

“This video’s not gonna be easy,” he says in the video, before reading aloud his scan results he’d been given by doctors. “They can’t do surgery, they can’t even amputate my arm, or part of my chest, you might notice my voice is going weird as well.”

PeeWeeToms explained that doctors told him he has “extra metastasis” in his left lung, mass growth on his chest wall, “mass metastasis” in his liver, and bone cancer. “Life expectancy now is not very long. At all,” he said. “It’s just devastating.” Read more…

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Overwatch ‘Pink Mercy’ sale raises $12M for breast cancer research

sudshr47 July 9, 2018

It can be hard sometimes to grok the scale of the gaming community, but the occasional charity event not only demonstrates the hugeness of the industry but also its diversity and willingness to shell out for a good cause. Today Blizzard announced that an Overwatch charity campaign raised an impressive $12.7 million for breast cancer research in just two weeks.

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Deadpool is donating a pink super-suit to fight cancer

sudshr47 April 4, 2018

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The Merc with a Mouth is breaking fourth walls harder than ever by contributing to the real-life fight against cancer.

Ryan Reynolds, actor and close personal friend of Wade Wilson, shared some exciting news on Twitter.

Suit for sale. Worn once. Made lovingly with over 10,000 individually selected pink gummi bearshttps://t.co/CXZLqRsyu9 pic.twitter.com/ZbdtIERPmQ

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) April 4, 2018

That’s right, Deadpool is offering a chance to win a pink super-suit by donating to Fuck Cancer (whose site at time of writing appears to be down, possibly due to increased traffic). The description on Omaze is as follows: Read more…

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Tradewind Bioscience attacks the physiology of tumors to treat cancer

sudshr47 March 20, 2018

Cancer remains the one counterpoint to the march of medical progress that has scored human history over the last 200 years. Last year 600,920 people in the U.S. died from cancer, and another 1.7 million received an initial diagnosis of the disease. Globally, one in six people die from cancer, according to the World Health Organization. […]

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus says FU to cancer in defiant post-surgery Instagram photo

sudshr47 February 15, 2018

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has posted a stunningly defiant photo of herself following surgery for breast cancer, alongside a “fuck you cancer” message. 
In September 2017, the Veep star announced her breast cancer diagnosis, and called for universal he…

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