News tagged with leukemia stem cells
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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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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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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Scientists bioengineer a protein to fight leukemia
Scientists at the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases and The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles today announced a breakthrough discovery in understanding how the body ...
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Early infusion of donor T cells prevents graft versus host disease in blood cancer patients
For blood cancer patients at high risk of relapse, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), the transplantation of blood-forming stem cells, is one of best options for treatment and a potential cure. Unfortunately, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Radical treatment for leukemia under way
Humanized mouse models help clarify the origins of leukemia and the cellular processes that lead to its recurrence, providing hope for a cure for this intractable blood disease.
Jan 17, 2011 |
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New evidence of stem cells' pivotal role in cancer shown
Leukemia patients whose cancers express higher levels of genes associated with cancer stem cells have a significantly poorer prognosis than patients with lower levels of the genes, say researchers at the Stanford University ...
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Some leukemia patients may be able to safely stop treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- New medical trials suggest some chronic leukemia patients who are in complete remission may be cured by the standard drug used to treat the condition and can safely discontinue its use.
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Researcher discovers way to overcome radiation resistance in leukemia
A team of researchers lead by Fatih M. Uckun, MD, PhD, of The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has determined that radiation resistance in leukemia can be overcome by selectively ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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A scientific breakthrough could be the first step in a better treatment for leukemia patients
A discovery made by Dr. Tarik Moroy, President and Scientific Director and Director of the Hematopoiesis and Cancer research unit at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), and his team was recently ...
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Stem cell transplantation of therapy-resistant chronic leukemia successful
The transplantation of stem cells from a healthy donor (allogeneic) offers the chance of cure for patients with an aggressive form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), irrespective of genetic prognostic factors and the ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Researchers identify factors behind blood-making stem cells
A team of researchers from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the University of Montreal have made significant progress in the understanding of blood-producing (hematopoietic) stem cells.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Study shows how loss of key protein promotes aggressive form of leukemia
New research by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has illuminated in fine detail one of the genetic paths that leads to a particularly aggressive form of leukemia.
Jul 01, 2010 |
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