Medications
Anti-cancer drug safe and effective for treating light chain (AL) amyloidosis
There's a new treatment option available for patients with AL amyloidosis: daratumumab.
Jan 27, 2020
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Blood
Oncology & Cancer
Why Hodgkin's lymphoma cells grow uncontrollably
Although classical Hodgkin's lymphoma is generally easily treatable today, many aspects of the disease still remain a mystery. A team at the Max Delbrück Center led by Professor Claus Scheidereit has now identified an important ...
May 14, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Treatment options for patients whose blood cancer relapses after CAR-T cell therapy
Mount Sinai and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) researchers have identified therapies that can help patients with the blood cancer multiple myeloma who try an immunotherapy known as CAR-T only to find their cancer ...
Nov 4, 2022
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Medications
New stroke clot-buster drug shows 'exciting potential' in mice
A novel clot-busting drug formulated and tested by University of Manchester scientists is able to effectively restore blood flow in the brains of mice, opening the door for a safer and more effective stroke treatment.
Nov 15, 2021
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Medical research
Scientists develop large-scale simulation of human blood
(Medical Xpress) -- Having a virtual copy of a patient’s blood in a computer would be a boon to researchers and doctors. They could examine a simulated heart attack caused by blood clotting in a diseased coronary artery ...
May 1, 2012
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Immunology
Scientists tackle two distinct immunological disorders
In two recent studies, a team of scientists reports the mechanisms underlying two distinct immunological disorders affecting children and adults. Stephanie Humblet-Baron (VIB-KU Leuven) was the researcher at the helm of both ...
Dec 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Family ties: Inherited genetic variants increase risk of Hodgkin lymphoma
"Why did my child get cancer?"
Sep 8, 2022
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Medical research
Antibody could increase cure rate for blood, immune disorders
An antibody-based treatment can gently and effectively eliminate diseased blood-forming stem cells in the bone marrow to prepare for the transplantation of healthy stem cells, according to a study in mice by researchers at ...
Feb 11, 2019
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Medications
Sickle cell target could treat COVID
Scientists have found a way to lower stroke risk in sickle cell patients that opens a gateway of potential treatments for inflammation and clotting stemming from conditions such as COVID-19. For the first time, they investigated ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Some lymphomas become resistant to treatment. Gene discovery may offer path to overcome it.
Patients with some types of lymphoma that become resistant to standard treatments may benefit from a therapy that University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are evaluating after they discovered a key process that fuels ...
Mar 16, 2024
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