Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find new clue to halting leukemia relapse
A protein domain once considered of little importance may be key to helping patients who are fighting acute myeloid leukemia (AML) avoid a relapse.
Sep 8, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Avocados may hold the answer to beating leukemia
Rich, creamy, nutritious and now cancer fighting. New research reveals that molecules derived from avocados could be effective in treating a form of cancer.
Jun 15, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Signaling pathway revealed through which a promising anti-leukemia drug kills cancer cells
Inhibiting a protein called BRD4 critical to the survival of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells has shown to be an effective therapeutic strategy. However, the mechanism that explains how the protein works has remained a ...
May 14, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify key receptors behind development of acute myeloid leukemia
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have discovered that a certain class of receptors that inhibit immune response are crucial for the development of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common acute leukemia affecting ...
Apr 30, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Long noncoding RNAs: A novel prognostic marker in older patients with acute leukemia
A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) describes a novel marker that might help ...
Dec 15, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic errors linked to aging underlie leukemia that develops after cancer treatment
For a small percentage of cancer patients, treatment aimed at curing the disease leads to a form of leukemia with a poor prognosis. Conventional thinking goes that chemotherapy and radiation therapy induce a barrage of damaging ...
Dec 8, 2014
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Medical research
Fragile X study offers hope of new autism treatment
People affected by a common inherited form of autism could be helped by a drug that is being tested as a treatment for cancer.
Nov 27, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies gene network behind untreatable leukemia and possible treatment target
Researchers have identified a genetic/molecular network that fuels a high-risk and aggressive form of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and its precursor disease Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) – providing a possible therapeutic ...
Sep 4, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Major discovery on the mechanism of drug resistance in leukemia and other cancers
A mechanism that enables the development of resistance to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) anticancer drugs, thereby leading to relapse, has been identified by Kathy Borden of the University of Montreal's Institute for Research ...
May 28, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Rare form of leukemia found to originate in stem cells
(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers working out of the University of Toronto has found that one type of rare leukemia appears to get its start in stem cells. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
