Oncology & Cancer
Arthritis linked to blood cancer mutations
A team of Adelaide and U.S. researchers has discovered a link between a less common form of rheumatoid arthritis and gene mutations found in blood cancer.
Apr 23, 2024
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News tagged with myeloid leukaemia
Oncology & Cancer
Potential new treatment strategy for aggressive leukemia
Scientists have found a potential treatment strategy for an aggressive type of leukemia by targeting enzymes used by cells to sense and adapt to oxygen levels.
Apr 18, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New way found to treat early relapse in leukemia
Researchers at Peter Mac have found a new way to treat a form of leukemia that stops the disease in its tracks to prolong remission.
Apr 15, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Why leukemic stem cells not harmed by chemotherapy begin to grow and produce AML cells after treatment
The mystery of why myeloid leukemia starts to grow again after chemotherapy has killed the bulk of malignant cells, and how growth may be blocked by repurposed drugs, has potentially been solved through new research.
Feb 15, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Research identifies PLK4 as promising therapeutic target for TP53 mutated acute myeloid leukemia
A research team led by Professor Anskar Leung Yu-hung, from the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has identified PLK4 as a novel therapeutic ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Finding and targeting a tumor's sweet spot to eradicate aggressive form of leukemia
A highly aggressive common form of leukemia which is activated by mutations in signaling molecules is maintained by a web of regulatory proteins downstream of these signals.
Dec 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic mutations blunt immune defenses in leukemia-linked rare bone marrow disorder
Patients with a rare genetic bone marrow disorder that puts them at increased risk of blood cancers could benefit from a discovery may lead to new treatments to slow or reverse the disease.
Jun 22, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New tool charts differentiation landscape of acute myeloid leukemia
Researchers have developed a new method to distinguish between cancerous and healthy stem cells and progenitor cells from samples of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a disease driven by malignant blood stem cells ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Medical research
Discovery could be key to reducing leukemia treatment resistance
In a world first, Newcastle researchers have discovered the mechanisms acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells use to produce "free radicals"—the byproduct of a cell process that aggressively fuels the growth of cancer cells ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Medications
Vitamin B5 could help improve red blood cell production in people with myelodysplastic syndromes
Scientists from Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University of London and the Francis Crick Institute, have uncovered why patients with a rare type of blood cancer suffer from ineffective red blood cell production, and ...
Mar 1, 2023
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