Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI award £50,000 Grant to Prof David Gonzalez De Castro

Prof Gonzalez De Castro has been awarded a grant of £50,000 from Leukaemia & Lymphoma NI, this funding will be used to explore the validation of a comprehensive clinical genomic tool for the diagnosis of lymphoproliferative malignancies.

The aim of the project is to validate a novel genomics approach in a cohort of acute lymphoblastic leukaemias, mature lymphoproliferative disorders and multiple myeloma from Belfast as well as the collaborating centres in Newcastle and Salisbury.

The validation data will support the implementation of next generation sequencing routinely in the diagnosis of all haematology patients across Northern Ireland in the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust laboratories.