Posts Tagged ‘leukemia’
Slow metabolism gives leukemia staying power
U. ROCHESTER (US) — A super slow metabolism may be one reason acute myeloid leukemia is so hard to cure. Continue…
Friday, January 18, 2013 12:14 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Nov 12, 2012 11:32 - 0 Comments
For leukemia, chemo ‘sidekick’ may extend lives
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Patients with acute myeloid leukemia who take a new type of ‘smart drug’ in addition to chemo are 22 percent less likely to relapse and around 13 percent less likely to die from the disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 9, 2012 12:36 - 0 Comments
Team ‘cuts’ chromosome from Down syndrome cells
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Scientists have successfully removed the extra copy of chromosome 21 in cell cultures derived from a person with Down syndrome. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 27, 2012 10:26 - 0 Comments
Overlooked drugs may be target for cancer
U. ROCHESTER (US) — New research not only offers a better understanding of the basic biology of leukemia, but also demonstrates a powerful strategy for drug discovery, scientists say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 23, 2012 10:39 - 0 Comments
A few ‘driver’ mutations push cells to cancer
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Hundreds of mutations exist in leukemia cells at the time of diagnosis, but nearly all occur randomly as a part of normal aging and are not related to cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 4, 2012 14:46 - 0 Comments
Drug may protect teen heart post chemo
U. ROCHESTER (US) — About 75 percent of children with leukemia who receive chemotherapy face life-threatening heart problems as they get older, but adding a known cardio-protective drug may prevent the damage. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 22, 2012 11:36 - 1 Comment
Genome confirms blood disease is cancer
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Research confirms that myelodysplastic syndrome is an early form of cancer, and offers clues to earlier treatments. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 29, 2011 11:20 - 8 Comments
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. (more…)
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 - 3 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…)
