‘Smart bomb’ may stop deadly leukemia in kids
A “smart bomb” may one day save the lives of kids with the most common and deadly form of childhood cancer. A new study shows how the approach under development could help children with B-lineage acute...
View ArticleHow selenium in broccoli may fight melanoma
The mineral selenium, which naturally occurs in foods like broccoli and garlic, appears to slow down a process that allows cancers such as melanoma, prostate cancer, and leukemia to spread. These types...
View ArticleOld drug finds new way to fight cancer
A drug used for decades to treat leukemia may not only kill cancer cells, but also change how cells function, weakening them so they can be killed by other drugs. Previously, doctors used...
View ArticleHow a rabbit virus could help treat leukemia
A rabbit virus can not only kill some kinds of cancer cells, but also eliminate a common and dangerous complication of bone marrow transplants, researchers report. For patients with blood cancers such...
View ArticleBlock molecule to ‘decimate’ childhood leukemia cells
Scientists have discovered how to halt and reverse the growth of certain cancerous white blood cells at the center of one of the most devastating forms of childhood leukemia. T-cell acute lymphoblastic...
View ArticleMutations after chemo signal deadly leukemia
Mutations may explain why some people with leukemia are more likely to relapse or die after chemotherapy. Using genetic profiling to study bone marrow samples from patients with acute myeloid leukemia...
View ArticleLeukemia drug works better than chemo for seniors
Older adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia may now have an alternative to toxic chemotherapy as their first treatment. A phase 3 clinical trial compared ibrutinib, a newer, targeted drug, against...
View ArticleHow oxygen therapy improves cord blood transplants
A small clinical trial—the first human trial of its kind—has uncovered the importance of a hormone called erythropoietin for effective umbilical cord blood transplants in leukemia and lymphoma...
View ArticleHow a ‘stuck’ genetic switch makes leukemia worse
Researchers have found new ways to block a protein responsible for halting the production of red and white blood cells in leukemia patients, potentially making way for new treatments for the deadly...
View ArticleTransfusions for leukemia can preclude hospice
Toward the end of their life, some leukemia patients depend on blood transfusions to ease their suffering. But that need may pose a significant barrier to their ability to use hospice, researchers say....
View ArticleKiller cells target leukemia broadcasting ‘come and get me’
Researchers used CRISPR gene-editing to equip certain immune cells with a homing beacon to target leukemia. Leukemia is a deadly cancer in which rogue white blood cells roam the bloodstream, slowly...
View ArticleHow selenium in broccoli may fight melanoma
The mineral selenium, which naturally occurs in foods like broccoli and garlic, appears to slow down a process that allows cancers such as melanoma, prostate cancer, and leukemia to spread. These types...
View ArticleOld drug finds new way to fight cancer
A drug used for decades to treat leukemia may not only kill cancer cells, but also change how cells function, weakening them so they can be killed by other drugs. Previously, doctors used...
View ArticleHow a rabbit virus could help treat leukemia
A rabbit virus can not only kill some kinds of cancer cells, but also eliminate a common and dangerous complication of bone marrow transplants, researchers report. For patients with blood cancers such...
View ArticleBlock molecule to ‘decimate’ childhood leukemia cells
Scientists have discovered how to halt and reverse the growth of certain cancerous white blood cells at the center of one of the most devastating forms of childhood leukemia. T-cell acute lymphoblastic...
View ArticleMutations after chemo signal deadly leukemia
Mutations may explain why some people with leukemia are more likely to relapse or die after chemotherapy. Using genetic profiling to study bone marrow samples from patients with acute myeloid leukemia...
View ArticleLeukemia drug works better than chemo for seniors
Older adults with chronic lymphocytic leukemia may now have an alternative to toxic chemotherapy as their first treatment. A phase 3 clinical trial compared ibrutinib, a newer, targeted drug, against...
View ArticleHow oxygen therapy improves cord blood transplants
A small clinical trial—the first human trial of its kind—has uncovered the importance of a hormone called erythropoietin for effective umbilical cord blood transplants in leukemia and lymphoma...
View ArticleHow a ‘stuck’ genetic switch makes leukemia worse
Researchers have found new ways to block a protein responsible for halting the production of red and white blood cells in leukemia patients, potentially making way for new treatments for the deadly...
View ArticleTransfusions for leukemia can preclude hospice
Toward the end of their life, some leukemia patients depend on blood transfusions to ease their suffering. But that need may pose a significant barrier to their ability to use hospice, researchers say....
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