You've been invited to help fight blood cancer

Research Study of the Genetics of BLOOD CancerS

By providing a small saliva sample, you can help improve how blood cancer is treated and prevented.

Anyone 18+ living in the U.S. can join.

Step 1

Sign up and complete a brief questionnaire online.

Request your kit and mail it back for research analysis.

Your DNA + 1,000s of others is analyzed to make discoveries.

Step 2

This is a fully remote study!

Step 3

More than 1.7M people in the U.S. are living with or are in remission from blood cancers. Whether you're affected or not, you can help scientists discover better treatments for everybody.

Your sample helps scientists identify genetic markers for blood cancer, including Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).  With it, researchers can make discoveries that lead to new treatments and therapies.

Someone you love
could face cancer.
Help fight it before they do.

Why help?

In addition to helping advance cancer research for your community, you'll receive a free ancestry report.

Make an impact, discover your roots.

Note: the study does not return individual DNA results.

Led by researchers at the Rutgers University Genetics Coordinating Center.

Meet the experts behind the study

We also partner with the Regeneron Genetics Center to analyze genetic data and uncover discoveries that improve lives. Your privacy is protected at every step — only de-identified data is shared.

Distinguished Professor and Chair of Genetics at Rutgers University

Professor of Statistics at Rutgers University

Dr. Tara Matise

Dr. Steve Buyske

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