News tagged with myeloid cells
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Researchers discover key mutation in acute myeloid leukemia
Researchers have discovered mutations in a particular gene that affects the treatment prognosis for some patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer that kills 9,000 Americans annually. ...
Nov 11, 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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New antibody-combination therapy boosts human lymphoma cure rate in mouse models
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than half of laboratory mice with human non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are cured by a treatment involving just two monoclonal antibodies, according to a new study.
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Scientists map epigenetic changes during blood cell differentiation
Having charted the occurrence of a common chemical change that takes place while stem cells decide their fates and progress from precursor to progeny, a Johns Hopkins-led team of scientists has produced the first-ever epigenetic ...
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Intensive chemotherapy may be harmful to most older patients with acute myeloid leukemia
The prognosis for nearly three-quarters of elderly patients on intensive chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor, with a median survival of less than six months, according to a study published online today in ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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New lab test could identify imatinib resistance
Scientists in Japan may have developed a way to accurately predict those patients who will resist treatment with imatinib, which is the standard of care for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Protein that predicts prognosis of leukemia patients may also be a therapeutic target
Researchers at Whitehead Institute and Children's Hospital Boston have identified a protein, called Musashi 2, that is predictive of prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 08, 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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