News tagged with acute leukaemia

The gene processes that drive acute myeloid leukaemia

Researchers have described how the most common gene mutation found in acute myeloid leukaemia starts the process of cancer development and how it can cooperate with a well-defined group of other mutations to cause full-blown ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Southampton scientists begin patient trials of new leukemia cancer vaccine

A new cancer treatment which strengthens a patient's immune system and enables them to fight the disease more effectively is being trialled on patients for the first time in the UK.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Two genes cooperate to cause aggressive leukemia

Two genes, each one of which is known to cause cancer on its own, together can lead to aggressive leukaemia. This is the conclusion from new research carried out on gene-modified mice at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0