mamamarvel:

mamamarvel:

http://www.gofundme.com/kaylas-transplant-fund

My name is Kayla, I’m 22, and I have acute myeloid leukemia, with a rare genetic mutation called DNMT3A that shortens my lifespan.

Because of my type of leukemia, combined with my mutation, I require a bone marrow transplant to hopefully be cured from this horrible disease.

Unfortunately, this is going to require my family and I to move across the country to Minneapolis to receive my necessary treatment. This treatment and recovery could take around 4-6 months.

I’ve tried my best to keep my cancer off this blog, but I am in need of help now. The medical & living expenses, on top of possibly having to rent a car in Minneapolis, groceries, and travel for my Dad (who has to stay in Florida) to come visit, are going to be a bit painful.

I hate asking for money, and I don’t want anyone to feel pressured. If you could at least pray for me during this process and share this post, I would be eternally grateful!

Every dollar counts towards something crucial for my family and I in this process. If you’d like to donate, the link is below!

http://www.gofundme.com/kaylas-transplant-fund

Please reblog!!! You guys are amazing! Thank you for all the encouragement!!!

yamino:

mamaduafe:

lagonegirl:

Green, who lost her parents young, was raised by her aunt and uncle. While still at school, her aunt died from cancer, and three months later her uncle was diagnosed with cancer, too. Green went on to earn her degree in physics at Alabama A&M University, being crowned Homecoming Queen while she was at it, before going on full scholarship to University of Alabama in Birmingham to earn her Masters and Ph.D. There Green would become the first to work out how to deliver nanoparticles into cancer cells exclusively, so that a laser could be used to remove them, and then successfully carry out her treatment on living animals. 

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her studies thus far are only on head and neck cancers, but her theory is this treatment platform would work on all types of cancers. But needs $$$$ to keep doing research.

It seems the issue is how to target the cancer cells and in her head and neck cancer tests, she had success in mice by utilizing fda approved immunotherepy antibodies to deliver nano particles to mark the tumor. Then she could proceed to blast the shit out of cancer with fuckin lasers.

she was ready or prepared when opportunity arose

I’m so proud of her. I wish more young black women would go into science.

#BLACKGIRLMAGIC 

Yes!!!!! If she really does cure cancer, watch her name & face disappear behind some white man.

Don’t let it happen! She deserves all the credit.