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Where the money goes: Developing novel treatments to help patients quit tobacco products

Amanda Palmer, Ph.D.’s goal as a researcher is to develop and test treatments for quitting new tobacco products, like e-cigarettes. Thanks to LOWVELO rider-raised funds her research is providing a roadmap of what health effects should be looked at in treatment studies. This helps Palmer find the best ways to help people stop using tobacco and learn more about how their bodies benefit from quitting.

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Get ready for LOWVELO25 Glow Blue Week!

LOWVELO Glow Blue Week is Sept. 22-25! Join us as we light up MUSC Hollings Cancer Center in blue for LOWVELO25! This week-long pep rally includes special events, free registration for our Nov. 1 ride and fun giveaways all week long. Learn more about eh exciting events happening each day. See you there!

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LOWVELO sponsor riding for the future of cancer research, legacy of his father

LOWVELO sponsor Brent Tabor has a very personal tie to the ride. His dad, Ed, battled lymphoma for more than a decade. He even tried what he referred to as his “Hail Mary pass” – an immunotherapy called CAR-T cell therapy. It’s a treatment that could be game-changing for cancer. Now Brent rides to honor his father’s legacy and to further the future of cancer research.

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LOWVELO funding allows Hollings Cancer Center researchers to study depression in cancer survivors

Data shows that one in four cancer survivors suffers from depression, which can lead to decreased physical and social functioning, a lower quality of life and reduced survival rates. This is why a team of MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers, with funding from LOWVELO, is working to reduce depression among a growing population of survivors and improve their quality of life.

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A clinical trial saved his life: LOWVELO performer cancer-free 15 years after terminal diagnosis

He didn’t feel sick at all. Nathan Calhoun was young, he was fit, he was in a brand-new relationship, he had just started a band and then he heard the words “You have cancer.” After noticing a spot on his neck, Nathan visited a dermatologist who gave him the news he never expected to hear – it was stage 3 melanoma. After the surgery, the news got worse. He was given four to six months to live. He still didn’t feel sick.

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Married 43 years, LOWVELO rider honoring his late wife in a big way

It was a morning date that changed their lives. Jack Kopnisky and his wife Kathy were out to breakfast in New York, where they lived when she told her husband something didn’t feel right. A trip to the hospital and some testing confirmed that it was a seizure, and it had been caused by an astrocytoma in Kathy’s brain. Jack is now honoring his wife in a big way.

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Breast cancer survivor fundraises for LOWVELO by teaching yoga

Kelsey Harrison isn’t a cyclist, but she’s still participating in this year’s LOWVELO event by teaching donation-based yoga classes. Harrison, who has been practicing yoga for over 10 years, teaches weekly classes at a local studio, but her primary focus is holding domestic and international retreats through the company she founded: Get Wild Retreats. Harrison said that yoga saved her life – in more ways than one.

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It’s LOWVELO24 Glow Blue Week!

Join us as we light up MUSC Hollings Cancer Center in blue for LOWVELO24! Glow Blue Week includes special events, free registration for our Nov. 2 ride and fun giveaways all week long. Learn about all of the fun events happening around campus from. Sept. 30 through Oct. 3.

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LOWVELO Impact: riders helping fund research to fight triple-negative breast cancer

As South Carolina’s only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, the innovative research happening at Hollings impacts patients across the state and beyond. One of the people behind that lifesaving research is Hollings professor Philip H. Howe, Ph.D. Thanks to funding raised by LOWVELO riders, Howe’s research has the potential to change treatment strategies for patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

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