News articles tagged with 'leukaemia' (Page 2)
Antibiotic offers potential for anti-cancer activity
— 29 Jan 2011 17:58 | HealthAn antibiotic known for its immunosuppressive functions could also point the way to the development of new anti-cancer agents, researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine…
Molecular network influences development of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
— 26 Jan 2011 18:58 | HealthA study shows for the first time that the three most common chromosome changes seen in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia disrupt a molecular network that includes several important genes…
Global view of blood cell development reveals new and complex circuitry
— 21 Jan 2011 19:23 | HealthA small pool of stem cells replenishes the human body with about 200 billion new blood cells daily. But the elaborate circuitry that determines if a cell will develop into a T cell,…
Cancer scientists discover genetic diversity in leukaemic propagating cells
— 20 Jan 2011 17:01 | HealthCancer scientists led by Dr John Dick at the Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI) and collaborators at St Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis) have found that defective genes and the…
New evidence of stem cells' pivotal role in cancer shown in Stanford study
— 3 Jan 2011 18:53 | HealthLeukaemia patients whose cancers express higher levels of genes associated with cancer stem cells have a significantly poorer prognosis than patients with lower levels of the genes,…
Many cancer cells found to have an 'eat me' signal in Stanford study
— 3 Jan 2011 18:47 | HealthResearchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that many cancer cells carry the seeds of their own destruction - a protein on the cell surface that signals…
Intensive chemotherapy can dramatically boost survival of older teenage leukaemia patients
— 3 Jan 2011 18:23 | HealthMore effective risk-adjusted chemotherapy and sophisticated patient monitoring helped push cure rates to nearly 88 percent for older adolescents enrolled in a St. Jude Children's Research…
Activity of certain stem cell genes linked with worse outcomes in acute myeloid leukaemia patients
— 3 Jan 2011 17:56 | HealthIn an examination of leukaemic stem cells (LSC), researchers have found that patients with acute myeloid leukaemia who had higher activity of certain LSC genes had worse overall, event-free…
Arsenic agent shuts down 2 hard-to-treat cancers in animal experiments
— 3 Jan 2011 17:14 | HealthResearchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre, a part of Georgetown University Medical Centre, have found that an arsenic-based agent already FDA-approved for a…
Researchers make critical leukaemia stem cell discovery
— 14 Dec 2010 20:45 | HealthResearchers at King's College London have discovered that leukaemic stem cells can be reversed to a pre-leukaemic stage by suppressing a protein called beta-catenin found in the blood…