Medical research
Research may lead to new therapies for vascular disorders
Auckland scientists have contributed to identifying a novel genetic pathway used in the stabilisation of blood vessels.
Sep 13, 2013
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News tagged with hematology
Pediatrics
Drug treatment means better, less costly care for children with sickle cell disease
The benefits of hydroxyurea treatment in people with sickle cell disease are well known—fewer painful episodes, fewer blood transfusions and fewer hospitalizations. Now new research from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center ...
Sep 11, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Doctors look at treating specific types of pediatric cancer with viral therapy
(Medical Xpress)—Parents do everything they can to protect their children against all of the nasty germs floating around classrooms across the country this time of year. Doctors and researchers at Nationwide Children's ...
Sep 10, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
New therapeutic approach to fight cancer discovered
Resting cancer cells can be selectively destroyed by inhibiting their energy metabolism. This is the recent discovery by researchers at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine ...
Sep 4, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
New research suggests cutting calories may improve response to cancer treatment
New research suggests that restricting calories for a defined period of time may improve the success of cancer treatment, offering valuable new data on how caloric intake may play a role in programmed cancer cell death and ...
Aug 21, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
'Reprogrammed' treatment-resistant lymphomas respond to cancer drugs
A phase I clinical trial showed diffuse, large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) resistant to chemotherapy can be reprogrammed to respond to treatment using the drug azacitidine, according to a study published in Cancer Discovery, ...
Aug 16, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Study shows who survives Burkitt lymphoma
A new study in the journal Cancer that tracked survival of more than 2,200 adults over the last decade with a highly aggressive form of lymphoma finds that with notable exceptions, medicine has made substantial progress in ...
Aug 8, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
The role of noncoding 5S rRNA in protecting the p53 tumor suppressor gene
Researchers of the Cancer Metabolism group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalan Oncology Institute (ICO) and the Division of Hematology-Oncology of the University of Cincinnati, led by George ...
Jul 3, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Study sets guidelines for stem cell transplants in older patients with myelodysplastic syndromes
A new study by an international team led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists provides the first statistically-based guidelines for determining whether a stem cell transplant is appropriate for older patients with myelodysplastic ...
Jun 24, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer drug shortages hit 83 percent of US oncologists
Eighty-three percent of cancer doctors report that they've faced oncology drug shortages, and of those, nearly all say that their patients' treatment has been impacted, according to a study from researchers at the Abramson ...
Jun 3, 2013
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