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The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation or MMRF is a non-profit organization based in New Canaan, Connecticut dedicated to "accelerating the search for a cure" of multiple myeloma. It was formed in 1998 by Kathy Giusti. The foundation has raised over $49 million, of which, approximately 94% goes to research. The MMRF is the world's largest private funder of multiple myeloma research. A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... New Canaan is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. ... Jump to: navigation, search Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahlers disease after Otto Kahler) is a presently incurable hematological malignancy of plasma cells, the cells of the immune system that produce antibodies. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

1 Fundraising
- 1.1 Gala Dinners
- 1.2 Races
2 Research
3 Programming
4 External links

Fundraising

Gala Dinners

Each fall, the foundation holds the Friends for Life Fall Gala in Greenwich, Connecticut. Nearly 800 people attend this black tie event each year. There is a celebrity guest speaker at each Gala. These guests have included: Scott Hamilton, Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., Sharon Osbourne, Deborah Norville, Ann Curry, Katie Couric, and Brian Williams. Fundraising dinners have also been held in Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. Greenwich is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. ... Jump to: navigation, search Black tie, known in the United Kingdom (and also in the north-eastern United States, and Canada) as a dinner jacket or D.J. and in the United States generally as a tuxedo, is a dress code for formal evening events that are not formal enough... Celebrity is an abstract word stemming from the Latin celebritas, itself from the adjective celeber famous, celebrated. A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ... Hamilton at the Holiday Celebration on Ice, 2003 photo © Andrea Hoo Chempinsky. ... This article is about the Gulf War General. ... Sharon Osbourne Sharon Osbourne (b. ... Deborah Norville (born August 8, 1958 in Dalton, Georgia) is an American television personality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956 in Guam and raised in Ashland, Oregon) is an American journalist and television personality. ... Jump to: navigation, search TIME cover featuring Katie Couric Katie Couric with US military personnel at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia Katherine Anne Couric, better known as Katie Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and media personality. ... Jump to: navigation, search NBC Anchor Brian Williams Brian Williams (born May 5, 1959) is the anchor and managing editor of the most watched news program in the United States, NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening news program of the NBC Network. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Races

The MMRF has 5K races in 5-10 major cities each year. The race in Chicago is also known as the Ann Landers Race for Research. Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Jump to: navigation, search Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer, a. ...

Research

The foundation funded research that contributed to the approval of bortezomib (Velcade®). It is also funding 20 therapies currently in clinical trials. Bortezomib (VelcadeTM) is a first-in-class proteasome inhibitor. ... In medicine, a clinical trial (synonyms: clinical studies, research protocols, medical research) is a research study. ...

Programming

The foundation sponsors educational programs for both patients and physicians on a regular basis.

External links

Category: Cancer organizations

Results from FactBites:

Multiple myeloma - definition of Multiple myeloma in Encyclopedia (769 words)
	Multiple myeloma (also known simply as myeloma or plasma cell myeloma) is a hematological malignancy of plasma cells, the cells of the immune system that produce antibodies.
	The accepted theory is that myeloma develops when a chromosomal translocation occurs between the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene (on the fourteenth chromosome) and a gene that produces an oncogene.
	Although the peak age of onset of multiple myeloma is 65 to 70 years of age, recent statistics indicate both increasing incidence and earlier age of onset.

Multiple Myeloma - There's Hope! (1878 words)
	Worse yet, perhaps you were told you have Multiple Myeloma (MM), a disease you likely had never heard of, since it represents only 1% of the total cancer cases in the U.S., but 2% of the cancer deaths.
	Multiple Myeloma is a malignant cancer of the plasma cell, which is a type of white blood cell found in bone marrow and many tissues of the body.
	Importantly, the research and clinical trials and new drugs currently going on and being released related to MM are so extensive and encouraging that many myelomics (a term we coined ourselves) may very well find that this turns out to be a chronic disease (like diabetes) rather than a terminal disease.

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