Leukemia News

Posted July 16, 2009:

• Targeting Specific Proteins To Halt Advanced Metastatic Breast Cancer

Posted July 15, 2009:

• First Molecular Steps To Childhood Leukemia Identified

Posted July 6, 2009:

• Genetic Key To Breast Cancer's Ability To Survive And Spread Identified
• New Treatment Avenue For Acute Myeloid Leukemia?

Posted July 2, 2009:

• New Targeted Therapy Finds And Eliminates Deadly Leukemia Stem Cells

Posted June 29, 2009:

• Novel Epigenetic Markers Of Melanoma May Herald New Treatments For Patients

Posted June 25, 2009:

• Controversial Cancer Stem Cells Offer New Direction For Treatment

Posted June 23, 2009:

• Placenta: New Source For Harvesting Stem Cells

Posted June 12, 2009:

• Dual Role In Breast Tissue For Protein Involved In Leukemia

Posted June 10, 2009:

• Trimming The Fat Boosts Blood Recovery After Marrow Transplant

Posted June 9, 2009:

• Donor Stem Cell Transplantation Associated With Survival Benefit For Patients With Leukemia

Posted June 8, 2009:

• How A Drug To Treat Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Is Degraded

Posted June 7, 2009:

• Lethal Cancer Knocked Down By One-Two Drug Punch

Posted June 6, 2009:

• Misreading Of Histone Code Linked To Human Cancer

Posted June 1, 2009:

• Stem Cell Protein Offers A New Cancer Target

Posted May 26, 2009:

• Green Tea Extract Shows Promise In Leukemia Trials

Posted May 19, 2009:

• Bone Marrow Cell Therapy May Be Beneficial For Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease
• Mutant Genes In High-Risk Childhood Leukemias Identified

Posted May 14, 2009:

• Cancer Stem Cells May Be Related To Prognosis In Primary Breast Cancer

Posted May 13, 2009:

• Novel Therapy May Prove Effective In Treatment Of 30 Percent Of Cancers

Posted May 12, 2009:

• Formaldehyde Exposure Associated With Risk Of Blood And Lymph System Malignancies

Posted April 30, 2009:

• Means To Measure Possible Leukemia Marker Validated
• Risk Of Leukemia With Multiple Sclerosis Drug Higher Than Thought

Posted April 26, 2009:

• Suppressor Of Cytokine Signaling (SOCS)-1 Inhibits Prostate Cancer Growth

Posted April 24, 2009:

• Drug That Inhibits Acute Leukemia Cell Growth Discovered
• 3-D Research Model Tackles Prostate Cancer Spread

Posted April 23, 2009:

• Novel Cancer Drug Reduces Neuroblastoma Growth By 75 Percent

Posted April 20, 2009:

• Gene Variants Associated With The Most Common Adult Leukemia Confirmed

Posted April 19, 2009:

• New Biomarker May Predict Leukemia Aggressiveness
• Experimental Agents May Prevent Radiation-Induced Leukemia
• Addition Of Dasatinib To Standard Chemo Cocktail May Enhance Effect In Certain Ovarian Cancers

Posted April 16, 2009:

• Large Quantity Of Stem Cells Produced From Small Number Of Blood Stem Cells

Posted April 15, 2009:

• New Method For Bone-Marrow-Derived Liver Stem Cells Isolation And Proliferation

Posted April 13, 2009:

• Enhancing Effects Of Drug Used To Treat Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Posted April 8, 2009:

• Key Gene That Protects Against Leukemia Identified

Posted April 3, 2009:

• Boosting Levels Of Molecule Enables Acute Leukemia Cells To Mature

Posted March 31, 2009:

• Mouse Models Of Leukemia That Predict Response To Chemotherapy Developed

Posted March 25, 2009:

• Mechanism That Regulates Movement Of Blood-Forming Stem Cells In The Body Revealed
• Researchers Decipher Blood Stem Cell Attachment, Communication

Posted March 24, 2009:

• Making Gene Therapy Safer Using Self-Inactivating LTRs

Posted March 16, 2009:

• Insight Into How A Fusion Gene Promotes Childhood Leukemia

Posted March 15, 2009:

• Genetic Abnormality May Increase Risk Of Blood Disorders
• Cellular Discovery May Lead To Targeted Treatment For Rare Form Of Anemia

Posted March 10, 2009:

• Small Molecules Block Cancer Gene

Posted March 6, 2009:

• Few Physicians Support Private Banking Of Umbilical Cord Blood

Posted March 5, 2009:

• How Stem Cells Develop Into Blood Cells

Posted February 17, 2009:

• Indicator Found That Warns Leukemia Is Progressing To More Dangerous Form

Posted February 13, 2009:

• Device Aims To Decrease Wait Period For Patients Needing Immunotherapy
• Unrelated And Mismatched Cord Blood Transplantation Can Still Help Children With Deadly Conditions

Posted February 12, 2009:

• Stem Cells: Deathly Awakening By Interferon

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