Posts Tagged ‘leukemia’
Fish oil compound stops leukemia in mice
PENN STATE (US) — A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, researchers say. Continue…
Thursday, December 29, 2011 11:20 - 6 Comments
Health & Medicine - Dec 16, 2010 14:54 - 0 Comments
Protein suppression curbs cancer cells
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (UK) — By suppressing a protein called beta-catenin that is found in the blood, leukemia stem cells can be reversed to a pre-leukemic stage. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 16, 2010 10:38 - 0 Comments
Shifting melanomas play hide and seek
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Melanoma tumor cells are able to switch various genes on and off, in a stealthy, shape-shifting attempt to avoid researchers seeking new treatments. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 5, 2010 10:25 - 1 Comment
X-rays magnify child’s leukemia risk
UC BERKELEY (US) — Children who have been exposed to diagnostic X-rays may have an increased risk of developing childhood leukemia. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 17, 2010 11:17 - 0 Comments
Protein’s key role in childhood cancer
NYU (US)— A protein crucial for the immune response appears to be a key player in the progression of a devastating form of childhood leukemia. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 11, 2010 11:29 - 0 Comments
Unexplained leukemias traced to mutation
U. PENN (US)—A newly found mutation in acute myeloid leukemia patients could account for half of the remaining cases of adult acute leukemia with an unknown origin. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 5, 2010 11:28 - 1 Comment
Physicists blast cancer with nanobubbles
RICE (US)—Using lasers and nanoparticles, scientists have discovered a new technique for singling out individual diseased cells and destroying them with tiny explosions. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 23, 2009 13:29 - 2 Comments
Soy peptide fights inflammation, leukemia
U. ILLINOIS (US)—Lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation that accompanies such chronic health conditions as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 8, 2009 11:43 - 2 Comments
Chemo combo fences in breast cancer
NORTHWESTERN (US)—When breast cancer spreads or metastasizes, it crashes through the body’s protective barriers. A new study shows that when a drug normally used to treat leukemia is added to a commonly used breast cancer drug, the potent new chemotherapy cocktail helps prevent breast cancer cells from invading. (more…)
