'Magic bullet' found in fight against leukemia
Researchers have made a huge leap forward in finding a targeted therapy for acute myeloid leukemia.
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Researchers have made a huge leap forward in finding a targeted therapy for acute myeloid leukemia.
Nov 10, 2021
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Researchers have discovered that there is a genetic susceptibility to developing acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells.
Nov 1, 2021
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Common maternal infections during pregnancy, such as urinary and respiratory tract infections were linked to a child developing leukemia, a new study has found. But the increase in overall risk was small given the rarity ...
Oct 28, 2021
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Combining three existing drugs—a commonly-used anti-epileptic, a contraceptive steroid and a cholesterol-lowering agent—could form an effective and non-toxic treatment for a range of aggressive blood cancers, a new study ...
Oct 27, 2021
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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified visual changes in the bone marrow caused by acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The imaging technique used is now being tested in hospital to see if it could help predict ...
Aug 3, 2021
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Drugs that are being trialed to treat leukemia could also be used to fight bowel cancer after a breakthrough by Hudson Institute of Medical Research scientists.
Jun 17, 2021
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Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge found that in children with neuroblastoma—a cancer of immature nerve cells—treatment with platinum chemotherapy caused changes to the genome ...
May 28, 2021
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Australian scientists have found what could prove to be a new and effective way to treat a particularly aggressive blood cancer in children.
May 28, 2021
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Scientists have made a promising step towards developing a new drug for treating acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare blood disorder. In a study published today in Nature, Cambridge researchers report a new approach to cancer ...
Apr 26, 2021
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WEHI researchers have discovered why some leukemia cells are resistant to new "SMAC-mimetic' anti-cancer agents, a finding which could improve the use of these drugs in the clinic.
Apr 15, 2021
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