Oncology & Cancer

How a leukemia hijacks the genes needed by blood stem cells

As a child, Lynn Aureli didn't know that a particular genetic change contributed to her acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—an alteration that eventually would help explain the cancer's lack of response to chemotherapy. Nor was ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

What do you know about scleroderma?

Scleroderma, also known as systemic sclerosis, is a group of rare diseases that involve the hardening and tightening of the skin. It also may cause problems in the blood vessels, internal organs and digestive tract.

Oncology & Cancer

Five key medical advances related to bone marrow transplantation

In the six decades since blood and marrow transplantation was used to treat patients with blood cancers, this once experimental treatment has become a vital cancer-fighting tool. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is celebrating ...

Oncology & Cancer

Cell therapy could improve bone marrow transplant safety

UCLA researchers report a step forward in the development of an "off-the-shelf" cell therapy that could reduce the severity of graft-versus-host disease in people receiving donor bone marrow transplants for the treatment ...

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