October 1, 2024 by Oregon State University A study of more than 700 counties across multiple U.S. states found a link between childhood leukemia and levels of decaying radon gas, including those lower than the federal guideline for mitigation. The research is published in Science of the Total Environment. The findings are important because there...
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Pharmacotyping of childhood leukemia provides a blueprint for ‘true precision medicine’
by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Wenjian Yang, Shawn Lee, MBBS, and Jun J. Yang, PhD, recently published a comprehensive study pharmacotyping childhood leukemia. Credit: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are reporting the most comprehensive study to date describing the variations in drug response across different genetic subtypes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
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A step closer to a low toxicity treatment for childhood leukemia
by Northumbria University, Newcastle Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100717 Newly published research carried out using synthetic human bone marrow cells is paving the way for the development of safer and kinder treatments for children with leukemia. Leukemia is the most common cancer in children under 15, with over 650 children and young adults...