Two Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia Support Group meetings will held in Texas on May 19, 2007 (Dallas) and May 20,2007 (Houston). Jerry Fleming (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Lawrence Cottle (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), the IWMF Support Group chapter leaders of Dallas, TX and John and Barbara Manousso (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), the IWMF Support Group chapter leaders of Houston, TX, are orchestrating this event. If you have any questions and need more information, please contact them.

Further details of the event will be revealed in the near future. Dr Treon will be the guest speaker who will spend an hour educating and updating the group on WM and its advances, biology and therapies. Following, there will be a question & answer period with him.

During the event, the Bing Center for Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia will organize a familial Studies and Cholesterol Studies lab. DNA will be taken via cheek cells and blood is to be drawn for cholesterol readings. For more information about the Familial genetics research, please contact Zachary Hunter at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For more information on the Cholesterol studies research, please contact Christopher Patterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..