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The World's Longest Hockey Game Will Help Bring Life-Saving Cancer Treatment Home

Right now, CAR T-cell immunotherapy is one of the most promising cancer treatments available, but it requires Alberta patients to have their cells sent out of province for processing. It’s costly, slow, and limits access.

With your help, the Cure Cancer Foundation is raising $2.5 million by fall of 2026 to purchase the critical equipment needed to bring this therapy home to the Cross Cancer Institute. This state-of-the-art technology will allow scientists and clinicians to create personalized, cancer-fighting immune cells right here in Edmonton. This treatment will be faster, safer, and at a fraction of the current cost.

Your support isn’t just funding equipment.

It’s fueling possibility. It’s accelerating hope. It’s helping cure cancer—one cell, one patient, one discovery at a time.

YOUR DONATION WILL HELP FUND:

4 CliniMACS Prodigy units to manufacture CAR T-cells for treatment and research
MACSQuant Analyzer for quality control and analysis of the modified cells
QuantStudio 12K Flex for working with DNA and building cell therapies
xCELLigence eSight Platform to test multiple treatment prototypes simultaneously, speeding up research and saving lives

TOGETHER, WE ARE MAKING INCREDIBLE PROGRESS

With your support, the Cure Cancer Foundation aims to raise $2.5 million by fall 2026 to bring this technology home. The funds will purchase the specialized equipment needed to build a state-of-the-art immunotherapy lab at the Cross Cancer Institute, allowing scientists and clinicians to engineer these powerful cancer-fighting cells right here in Edmonton.

This will mean faster treatment, safer processes, reduced costs, and better access for Alberta children and adults battling cancer.

Thanks to the generosity of donors across our community, over $900,000 has already been raised through 2025 fundraising efforts, putting us well on the way toward the $2.5 million goal. Every donation brings us closer to delivering cutting-edge cancer treatment directly to the patients who need it most.

Thank you for helping bring this future to life.