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Death Rate Higher in Minorities With Acute Leukemia, Study Finds
September 19, 2011 — Blacks and Hispanics have fewer cases of acute leukemia compared to whites but they die at a substantially higher rate, according to a new ... > full story -
New Combination Treatment for Prostate Cancer
September 19, 2011 — Scientists have pioneered a new combination treatment for prostate cancer. The treatment, which has been successful in phase one of trials, will now be tested for efficacy in a second ... > full story -
Cardiovascular Drug May Offer New Treatment for Some Difficult Types of Leukemia
September 12, 2011 — A drug now prescribed for cardiovascular problems could become a new tool in physicians' arsenals to attack certain types of leukemia that so far have evaded effective treatments, researchers ... > full story -
Gene Defect Predisposes People to Leukemia
September 4, 2011 — Mutations on a gene that regulates the transition of primitive blood-forming cells to white blood cells have been implicated in acute myeloid leukemia and in myelodysplasia, a difficulty in producing ... > full story -
New Mutations in Leukemia: Researchers Found Mechanism That Can Help Design Future Therapies
September 4, 2011 — Medical researchers have found a group of mutations involved in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), and showed that certain drugs, already in clinical use to treat other diseases, can ... > full story -
New Half-Match Bone Marrow Transplant Procedure Yields Promising Outcomes for Cancer Patients
September 1, 2011 — Half-matched bone marrow or stem cell transplants for blood cancer patients have typically been associated with disappointing clinical outcomes. However, a clinical trial testing its unique, two-step ... > full story -
Exercise Boosts Health by Influencing Stem Cells to Become Bone, Not Fat, Researchers Find
September 1, 2011 — Researchers have found one more reason to exercise: working out triggers influential stem cells to become bone instead of fat, improving overall health by boosting the body's capacity to make ... > full story -
Clinical Importance of Leukemia Stem Cells Validated by New Study
August 28, 2011 — New research focuses on patients and shows that acute myeloid leukemia (AML) contains rare cells with stem cell properties, called leukemia stem cells (LSC), that are better at predicting clinical ... > full story -
Bone Marrow Transplantation May Increase Cancer Resistance in Patients, Study Suggests
August 24, 2011 — Bone marrow transplantation with genetically modified cells may prolong the period of cancer-free survival, suggests a new ... > full story -
Stop Signal for Leukemia Stem Cells
August 23, 2011 — Scientists have discovered that hyperactive signaling of a particular growth factor called IGF1 promotes T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-ALL). When the investigators blocked this factor, blood ... > full story
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