News tagged with leukemia cells
Related topics: stem cells , cancer , white blood cells , cancer cells , leukemia
Biochip-based device for cell analysis
(Phys.org) -- Inexpensive, portable devices that can rapidly screen cells for leukemia or HIV may soon be possible thanks to a chip that can produce three-dimensional focusing of a stream of cells, according ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 30, 2012 |
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Study demonstrates cells can acquire new functions through transcriptional regulatory network
Researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) have successfully developed and demonstrated a new experimental technique for producing cells with specific functions through the artificial reconstruction of transcriptional ...
Mar 14, 2012 |
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New hybrid 'NOSH aspirin' as possible anti-cancer drug
Scientists have combined two new "designer" forms of aspirin into a hybrid substance that appears more effective than either of its forebears in controlling the growth of several forms of cancer in laboratory ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Researchers discover the processes leading to acute myeloid leukemia
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a molecular pathway that may explain how a particularly deadly form of cancer develops. The discovery may lead to new cancer therapies that reprogram cells instead ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Nanochannel electroporation: Researchers do precise gene therapy without a needle
For the first time, researchers have found a way to inject a precise dose of a gene therapy agent directly into a single living cell without a needle.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 16, 2011 |
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Moving beyond embryonic stem cells: Encouragement on the horizon
For nearly two decades, the medical world and the American public have grappled with the lightning-rod topic of stem cells, in particular the controversy surrounding cells from human embryos. But when researchers four years ...
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Researchers parse the origins of hematopoietic stem cells
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a gene and a novel signaling pathway, both critical for making the first hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in developing ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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30 years after first AIDS cases, hope for a cure
(AP) -- Sunday marks 30 years since the first AIDS cases were reported in the United States. And this anniversary brings fresh hope for something many had come to think was impossible: finding a cure.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 03, 2011 |
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Droplets for detecting tumoral DNA
It will perhaps be possible, in the near future, to detect cancer by a simple blood or urine test. In fact, biologists from CNRS, Inserm, Paris Descartes and Strasbourg universities have developed a technique ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 23, 2011 |
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Advanced instrument used to read cells' minds
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken a machine already in use for the measurement of impurities in semiconductors and used it to analyze immune cells in far more detail than ...
May 05, 2011 |
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Decoding cancer patients' genomes is powerful diagnostic tool
Two new studies highlight the power of sequencing cancer patients' genomes as a diagnostic tool, helping doctors decide the best course of treatment and researchers identify new cancer susceptibility mutations ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Tracking down the origin of leukemia relapse
The cancer cells that reign during relapses of an aggressive human leukemia are different from those that dominated the original disease, according to a paper published online on April 4 in the Journal of Experimental Me ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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New target identified for squamous cell lung cancer
Scientists at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute have identified a mutation in the DDR2 gene that may indicate which patients with squamous cell lung cancer will respond to dasatinib.
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Study reveals no impact of age on outcome in chronic myeloid leukemia patients treated with imatinib
While the median age at diagnosis for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is over 60 years old and incidence increases dramatically with age,limited data are available about the long-term outcome for older patients treated with i ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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When leukemia returns, gene that mediates response to key drug often mutated
Despite dramatically improved survival rates for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), relapse remains a leading cause of death from the disease. Work led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators identified ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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