Stories of Courage and Resilience

Jim Finley's battles in Iraq were tough, but didn't prepare him for his fight against cancer.

An interview with stem cell transplant survivor and advocate for lower healthcare costs. Michael Riotto.

“My biggest moment of breakdown was when my dad picked me up from the hospital. I’d been holding it together so long that, when I got in the car, I just lost it. My dad said, ‘you saved up all your tears for me…thank you!’”

There is not a day that goes by that I don’t feel gratitude and appreciation to be here.

I would have been gone without CAR-T. It not only put me into remission, it put me into remission without any long-term side effects!

From the very beginning, Amy's experience of being a young mother was shadowed by illness

“It’s weird to say this, but illness forced me to make this work/life balance that I’d been working on.”

Despite 14 hospital stays last year, three-year old Jacob is brimming with energy, mischief and charm.

After two transplants for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, Laura Tiberi does a victory lap!

Jodi Nelc learned the importance of knowledge and advocacy when her daughter faced a bone marrow transplant and a severe case of graft-versus-host disesase (GVHD).

A testament to the strength and unwavering love between a husband and wife who served each other as a caregiver.

"Information is power, it's empowering to know what you're dealing with, whether you're a patient or parent of a child with a disability."

Ineligible for a stem cell transplant, CAR T cell therapy saved Jeff Evans' life.

It felt like being in lockdown again. Not that we ever really came out of lockdown – my husband Jim was diagnosed with advanced follicular lymphoma just a few months into the pandemic, so we never stopped wearing masks and avoiding social events.

Melanie's transplant experience set her on a new path as a counselor advising other cancer patients.

At first, a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia seemed like the end of the road.

Valerie Gibbons Monona, Wisconsin Acute Myeloid Leukemia Transplanted in 2007 Many thanks to the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy and Incyte for helping us share Valerie’s story. “I call myself a

With family, the road to life is never traveled alone.

Peter’s family was his source of strength and hope during transplant.

Though successful, the process of transplant extended beyond Julio’s hospital stay. It broke his body down, and then his mind and spirit. Learn how Julio healed and became stronger.

“Mom give me your hand and don’t cry because I’m fine.”

Gay Lynn Fox, diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, had both a stem cell transplant and CAR T-cell therapy in her quest for a cure.

Nev Pires loves adventure, but acute lymphoblastic leukemia and a stem cell transplant were not on his "bucket list".

What Keeps Stan Stanek Thriving?

Motivated by the love of his wife and granddaughter, Spencer stays positive after a transplant and CAR T-cell therapy.

In 1960, six-year-old Nancy Lowry was not expected to live. Read her amazing, historic story.

Each day, Whitney Dugan wrote down a personal mantra to help get her through transplant: "I am young, I am strong and I will beat this."

After a trip to the local ER and a harrowing drive through a blizzard Justin learned he had a rare blood disorder.

Learn how Logan fought for control over his body during transplant, and the advice he gave his younger brother, Lincoln, when it was time for his transplant.

A mother who refused to give up and three transplants later, Joseph is full of life.