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Helping Healthy Cells Could Be Key to Fighting Leukemia, Research Suggests
January 22, 2013 — Instead of focusing on the elimination of cancer cells, maintaining a stable population of healthy blood cells in the bone marrow could be the most effective way to fight against ... > full story -
Cancer Cell Metabolism Study Yields New Insights on Leukemia
January 17, 2013 — Scientists have proposed a new reason why acute myeloid leukemia, one of the most aggressive cancers, is so difficult to cure: A subset of cells that drive the disease appear to have a much slower ... > full story -
Drug Targets Hard-to-Reach Leukemia Stem Cells Responsible for Relapses
January 17, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that hard-to-reach, drug-resistant leukemia stem cells (LSCs) that overexpress multiple pro-survival protein forms are sensitive – and thus vulnerable – to a ... > full story -
Gene in Eye Melanomas Linked to Good Prognosis
January 16, 2013 — Melanomas that develop in the eye often are fatal. Now, scientists report they have identified a mutated gene in melanoma tumors of the eye that appears to predict a good ... > full story -
Scientists Seek out Cancer Cells Hiding from Treatment
January 16, 2013 — Funding to improve leukemia treatment will investigate how cancer cells hide to avoid chemotherapy ... > full story -
Gene Promotes Drug Resistance in Cancer
January 14, 2013 — Scientists have identified a gene that may be a target for overcoming drug resistance in cancer. The finding could improve prognostic and diagnostic tools for evaluating cancer and monitoring patient ... > full story -
Enzyme Accelerates Malignant Stem Cell Cloning in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
December 26, 2012 — An international team has identified a key enzyme in the reprogramming process that promotes malignant stem cell cloning and the growth of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a cancer of the blood and ... > full story -
Research Sheds New Light on Mechanisms of T-ALL, a Form of Leukemia That Primarily Affects Children
December 23, 2012 — Acute lymphatic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer in children under the age of 14 years. With optimum treatment, approximately 75 percent of children are currently cured, but the treatment ... > full story -
Options Increase for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Patients Failed by Existing Drugs
December 21, 2012 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this month expanded the options for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and one form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia that carries the Philadelphia ... > full story -
New Markers Could Improve Treatment and Survival in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
December 21, 2012 — Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common pediatric cancer, has been the subject of a new study. Newly identified genetic markers could improve the classification of risk groups and predict ... > full story
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