http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Early results of a trial to treat leukaemia with a WT1 DNA vaccine, has shown robust vaccine-specific antibody responses in all vaccinated patients evaluated to date. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-positive-early-results-clinical-trial.html Cancer Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:50:06 EST news274100504 (HealthDay) -- When Vanessa Hernandez's sixth child was born, she knew right away her daughter was different. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-parents-severely-disabled-kids-enrich.html Health Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:09:27 EST news262256362 A chromosomal abnormality in children with a deadly form of brain cancer is linked with a poorer chance of survival, clinician scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-genetic-abnormality-diagnostic-children-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:46:21 EST news252153972 Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic disorder in live born children arising as a consequence of a chromosomal abnormality. It occurs as a result of having three copies of chromosome 21, instead of the usual two. It causes substantial physical and behavioral abnormalities, including life-long cognitive dysfunction that can range from mild to severe but which further deteriorates as individuals with DS age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cognitive-dysfunction-syndrome-alzheimer-disease.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:11:23 EST news249819061 A recent analysis of clinical trial results performed by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) demonstrate that a chromosomal abnormality—specifically, the absence (co-deletion) of chromosomes 1p and 19q—have definitive prognostic and predictive value for managing the treatment of adult patients with pure and mixed anaplastic oligodendrogliomas. The presence of the chromosomal abnormality was associated with a substantially better prognosis and near-doubling of median survival time when treatment with combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy was compared to treatment with radiation therapy alone. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-abnormal-chromosome-indicator-treatment-outcome.html Cancer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:00:07 EST news246208719