News tagged with myeloid leukaemia


'Reversing' the symptoms of asthma

University of New South Wales researchers have developed a compound that has had a surprise result: being effective in the prevention of asthma.

Inflammatory disorders created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New antibody conjugate drug improves survival in older patients with acute myeloid leukaemia

(Medical Xpress)—Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) patients given a new type of 'smart drug' in addition to chemotherapy treatment are 22 per cent less likely to relapse and around 13 per cent less likely to ...

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Cell death researchers identify new Achilles heel in acute myeloid leukemia

Melbourne researchers have discovered that acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer with poor prognosis, may be susceptible to medications that target a protein called Mcl-1.

Genetics created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Effects of alcohol on lymphoma, leukemia, and other types of hematological cancers

Many observational epidemiologic studies have found an inverse association between alcohol consumption and hematological cancers (such as lymphoma and leukemia). This study, based on the Million Women's Study in the UK, is ...

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Protein that takes care of our DNA is critical to leukaemia cell survival

A protein – already known to be involved in a cell's response to stress – called Tetratricopeptide repeat domain 5 (TTC5) is critical to the development of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), according to ...

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Scientists find new drug target for hard-to-treat leukaemia

(Medical Xpress) -- Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered a promising new approach to treat a type of myeloid leukaemia – a cancer with limited treatment options and relatively poor survival, according to research ...

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Scientists discover how common treatment-related cancer develops

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists in a team at Newcastle University have identified a mechanism by which treatment-related leukaemia develops, raising hopes that this side effect of toxic chemotherapy could be ...

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New fractionated dosing regimen for anticancer drug significantly improves outcomes for older leukemia patients

Using fractionated doses of the targeted anticancer drug gemtuzumab ozogamicin allows for safer delivery of the drug into patients aged 50-70 years with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and substantially improves their outcomes. ...

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Positive early results in clinical trial of leukaemia vaccine

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.

Cancer created Dec 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Improved treatments for chronic myeloid leukaemia have dramatically increased survival

Survival for people diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) has risen by nearly half, with around 58 per cent of people surviving their disease for at least five years compared with only around 40 p ...

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RNA interference for human therapy

Leading scientists in the field investigated the potential of RNA interference (RNAi) technology as a therapeutic intervention for down-regulating the expression of disease-associated genes. Project deliverables ...

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