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New Drug Combination Therapy Developed to Treat Leukemia
April 17, 2013 — A new, pre-clinical study suggests that a novel drug combination could lead to profound leukemia cell death by disrupting the function of two major pro-survival proteins. The effectiveness of the ... > full story -
Key Bone Marrow Protein Identified as Potential New Leukemia Treatment Target
April 15, 2013 — A new study on how the progression of acute lymphocytic leukemia is influenced by the bone marrow environment has demonstrated for the first time that targeting a specialized protein known as ... > full story -
Exposure to Air Pollution During Pregnancy Linked to Increased Incidence of Specific Pediatric Cancers
April 9, 2013 — Increased exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy was associated with a higher incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and two rare childhood cancers, according to a new ... > full story -
Cancer Immunotherapy in Children: How Does It Differ from Approaches in Adults?
April 8, 2013 — More often than not, cancer immunotherapies that work in adults are used in modified ways in children. Seldom are new therapies developed just for children, primarily because of the small number of ... > full story -
Immunotherapy Showed Promising Antileukemia Activity in Pediatric Patients
April 7, 2013 — Researchers using patients' own immune cells in an immunotherapy approach called "anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy," achieved responses in children whose acute lymphocytic ... > full story -
Penn Medicine's New Center for Personalized Diagnostics Unlocks Cancer's Secrets
April 5, 2013 — Penn Medicine’s new Center for Personalized Diagnostics, a joint initiative of the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Cancer ... > full story -
Cell Reprogramming to Cure Leukemia and Lymphoma?
April 2, 2013 — Researchers have reprogrammed lymphoma and leukemia cells to halt their malignancy. Resulting cells remained benign even when no longer subjected to treatment and patients were less likely to develop ... > full story -
Promising Stem Cell Therapy for Leukemia Patients
April 2, 2013 — Leukemia patients receive a bone marrow transplant, which allows them to build a "new" immune system. However, this immune system not only attacks cancer cells but healthy tissue too. Special ... > full story -
Monoclonal Antibody Targets, Kills Leukemia Cells
March 25, 2013 — Researchers have identified a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets and directly kills chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) ... > full story -
T-Cell Therapy Eradicates an Aggressive Leukemia in Two Children
March 25, 2013 — Two children with an aggressive form of childhood leukemia had a complete remission of their disease -- showing no evidence of cancer cells in their bodies -- after treatment with a novel cell ... > full story
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