News tagged with leukaemia
Cell survival protein research reveals surprise structure
Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have found a structural surprise in a type of protein that encourages cell survival, raising interesting questions about how the proteins function to influence ...
Oct 14, 2011 |
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New approach to leukemia chemotherapy -- is a cure in sight?
Speaking at the UK National Stem Cell Network conference in York later today (31 March), Professor Tessa Holyoake from the University of Glasgow will discuss a brand new approach to treating chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) ...
Mar 31, 2011 |
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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 ...
Mar 27, 2011 |
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Life work culminates in testing of cancer therapy in humans
A cancer-fighting antibody identified by a researcher working at The University of Queensland and Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) will today be used to treat the first patient, in a Phase 1 clinical trial.
Mar 24, 2011 |
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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.
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Robot attends Russian school to help sick schoolboy
A very special student is attending a lesson at Moscow's school number 166: Stepan, a plastic robot, is in the classroom to help a little boy with leukaemia to follow the lesson through his eyes.
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Researchers make critical leukemia stem cell discovery
Researchers at King's College London have discovered that leukaemic stem cells can be reversed to a pre-leukaemic stage by suppressing a protein called beta-catenin found in the blood.
Dec 13, 2010 |
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A crucial link in immune development and regulation unearthed
An Australian team of scientists has uncovered a quality control mechanism that must take place for our immune system to subsequently effectively destroy harmful viruses and bacteria.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 13, 2010 |
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One lock, many keys
German researchers discover how immune system B-cells can react to very different substances.
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Study links Vatican Radio's waves to cancer risk: report
A court-ordered study has found that electromagnetic waves beamed by Vatican Radio leave residents living near the station's antennas at a higher risk of cancer, Italian media said Wednesday.
Jul 14, 2010 |
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No link between early childhood cancers and living near mobile phone base station during pregnancy, says study
No link between early childhood cancers and living near mobile phone base station during pregnancy, says study
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Targeting leukemia cell's gene 'addiction' presents new strategy for treatment
An international team of scientists studying acute forms of Leukaemia have identified a new drug target to inhibit the genes which are vital for the growth of diseased cells. The research, reported in EMBO Molecular Medicine, reveal ...
Mar 03, 2010 |
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International study confirms doubling of childhood leukemia rates in southern Iraq
Childhood leukemia rates have more than doubled over the last 15 years in the southern Iraq province of Basrah, according to the study, "Trends in Childhood Leukaemia in Basrah, Iraq (1993-2007), published in the American Jo ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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No difference in survival between leukaemia patients 10 years after undergoing stem-cell or marrow transplant
Patients transplanted with peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) have no difference in survival compared with patients given bone marrow after 10 years, according to the largest randomised study comparing the effect of type ...
Jan 31, 2010 |
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Scientists discover cells critical to childhood leukemia
Scientists at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne in Australia have discovered the cells that cause a common type of childhood leukaemia - T cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (T-ALL). Targeting of ...
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Leukemia
Leukemia (British English: leukaemia) (Greek leukos λευκός, "white"; aima αίμα, "blood") is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases. In turn, it is part of the even broader group of diseases called haematological neoplasms.
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