News tagged with leukemia cells
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Marqibo approved for ph- acute lymphoblastic leukemia
(HealthDay) -- Marqibo (vincristine sulfate liposome injection) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with Philadelphia chromosome negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia ...
Medications
Aug 10, 2012 |
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Strategies converge on target in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia
For most cells, more than two copies of the entire genome can be a telltale sign of cancer. But for megakaryocytes – bone marrow cells that can give rise to thousands of platelets – having several ...
Cancer
Aug 07, 2012 |
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A genetic variation common in East Asian populations has been linked to cancer drug resistance
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) kill cancerous cells by inducing programmed cell death. They are of enormous therapeutic benefit to patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and certain types of lung ...
Genetics
Aug 02, 2012 |
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Tumor cells' inner workings predict cancer progression
Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have found evidence of clonal evolution in chronic ...
Cancer
Jul 27, 2012 |
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Being cured of HIV is 'wonderful,' US man says
The only person believed to have been cured of HIV infection through a bone marrow transplant said Tuesday he feels wonderful and is launching a new foundation to boost research toward a cure. ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Hundreds of random mutations in leukemia linked to aging, not cancer
Hundreds of mutations exist in leukemia cells at the time of diagnosis, but nearly all occur randomly as a part of normal aging and are not related to cancer, new research shows.
Genetics
Jul 19, 2012 |
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A new target in acute myeloid leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia, a common leukemia in adults, is characterized by aberrant proliferation of cancerous bone marrow cells. Activating mutations in a protein receptor known as FLT3 receptor are among the most prevalent ...
Cancer
Jul 16, 2012 |
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Transcription factor Lyl-1 critical in producing early T-cell progenitors
A transcription factor called Lyl-1 is necessary for production of the earliest cells that can become T-cells, critical cells born in the thymus that coordinate the immune response to cancer or infections, said a consortium ...
Immunology
Jul 08, 2012 |
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miR loss may power maligant transformation in chronic leukemia
Loss of a particular microRNA in chronic lymphocytic leukemia shuts down normal cell metabolism and turns up alternative mechanisms that enable cancer cells to produce the energy and build the molecules they need to proliferate ...
Cancer
Jul 05, 2012 |
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Scientists link 'oncometabolite' to onset of acute myeloid leukemia
A team of international scientists led by principal investigator Dr. Tak Mak at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, has identified a causative link between the product of a mutated metabolic enzyme ...
Cancer
Jul 04, 2012 |
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Researchers block pathway to cancer cell replication
Research suggests that patients with leukemia sometimes relapse because standard chemotherapy fails to kill the self-renewing leukemia initiating cells, often referred to as cancer stem cells. In such cancers, the cells lie ...
Cancer
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) linked to abnormal stem cells
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that abnormal bone marrow stem cells drive the development of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), serious blood diseases that are common among ...
Medical research
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Cigarette smoke damages DNA in reproductive cells of fathers, these changes inherited by offspring
When shopping for dad's Father's Day gift, consider what he gave you when you were conceived. If he smoked, your genes are likely damaged, and your odds for diseases increased. A report in the FASEB Journal shows that men wh ...
Medical research
Jun 22, 2012 |
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Myelodysplastic syndrome treated with deferasirox shows beneficial iron reduction
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at six other institutions have recently tested a treatment for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, a blood-related malignancy that involves the ineffective production ...
Cancer
Jun 22, 2012 |
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Inhibitors of shuttle molecule show promise in acute leukemia
A novel family of experimental agents that blocks a molecule from shuttling proteins out of the cell nucleus might offer a new treatment for people with acute leukemia, according to a study by researchers at the Ohio State ...
Cancer
Jun 19, 2012 |
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