Much of the cutting-edge research into WM takes place internationally.
Centres such as Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, USA, in its association with the Bing Centre for Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (https://www.waldenstroms.com/) are leading the way in the development and testing of new treatments.
The International Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation (IWMF) is a significant funder of WM research and has taken a leading role in identifying the priorities for WM research. In 2015, the IWMF and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) brought together an international group of researchers, doctors, and industry representatives to develop a Strategic Research Roadmap Initiative for WM.
Strategic Research Roadmap Initiative research priorities:
Read more about the research priorities.
Read about research projects funded under the Strategic Research Roadmap Initiative.
WM researchers from around the world come together at a biannual International Workshop on WM to share their research findings and collaborate on new approaches.
Each year the IWMF puts out a request for proposals (RFP) for research to help move the scientific communities’ knowledge of WM further along and create medical treatments that help WM patients live longer and have a better quality of life. The WMFC partners with the IWMF and supports a project or projects that have been identified by the IWMF Scientific Committee as an important next step in unravelling the mystery of WM.
