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Surprise Finding Redraws 'Map' of Blood Cell Production
January 31, 2012 A study of the cells that respond to crises in the blood system has yielded a few surprises, redrawing the 'map' of how blood cells are made in the body. The finding could have wide-ranging ... > full story -
Processes Leading to Acute Myeloid Leukemia Discovered
January 30, 2012 Researchers 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 of ... > full story -
Leukemia Cells Are 'Bad to the Bone', Research Finds
January 26, 2012 Researchers have discovered new links between leukemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progresses and raising the possibility that ... > full story -
A Single Therapy Slows Multiple Cancers
January 23, 2012 Targeting a single protein can help fight both breast cancers and leukemias, according to two new ... > full story -
Study Pinpoints and Plugs Mechanism of AML Cancer Cell Escape
January 18, 2012 Turning off the gene that codes for WEE1 sensitizes acute myeloid leukemia cells to chemotherapy, a new study ... > full story -
Cell Death Researchers Identify New Achilles Heel in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
January 17, 2012 Researchers have discovered that acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive blood cancer with poor prognosis, may be susceptible to medications that target a protein called ... > full story -
Natural Enzyme Provides Potential New Approach for Treating Graft-Vs.-Host Disease
January 17, 2012 A natural enzyme derived from human blood plasma showed potential in significantly reducing the effects of graft-vs.-host disease, a common and deadly side effect of lifesaving bone marrow ... > full story -
Cancer Sequencing Project Identifies Potential Approaches to Combat Aggressive Leukemia
January 13, 2012 Researchers have discovered that a subtype of leukemia characterized by a poor prognosis is fueled by mutations in pathways distinctly different from a seemingly similar leukemia associated with a ... > full story -
New Culprit Discovered in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
January 12, 2012 A new study shows how the cancer causing gene Notch, in combination with a mutated Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) protein complex, work together to cause T- cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia ... > full story -
Chemotherapy May Influence Leukemia Relapse
January 11, 2012 The chemotherapy drugs required to push a common form of adult leukemia into remission may contribute to DNA damage that can lead to a relapse of the disease in some patients, findings of a new study ... > full story
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