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Leukaemia Busters
the Children's Leukaemia Research Charity

Children with leukaemia
 
Making future treatments safer, gentler and more effective for leukaemia patients

Leukaemia Busters is a UK based registered charity that funds the development of of new antibody-based magic bullet type treatments for children and adults with currently incurable forms of leukaemia.

This is achieved firstly through a high quality research and development programme to produce and evaluate new antibody-based drugs and secondly through clinical trials in patients to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of such newly emerging drugs.

Research TeamLeukaemia Busters Scientists Make New Research Breakthrough

Leukaemia Busters scientists working in The Simon Flavell Leukaemia Research Laboratory at Southampton General Hospital have made a breakthrough discovery on how to increase the potency of immunotoxin treatment by over one million-fold for certain types of leukaemia and lymphoma…….read more

BBC Special Report Part 1
It’s been called the find of a lifetime, a way of killing leukaemia cells that is a million times more effective than anything seen before.
How the treatment works video
An animation explaining how Leukaemia Busters pioneered antibody-based treatments work in killing leukaemia cells.