UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO UT Health San Antonio researchers, working with collaborators at the University of Florida, have discovered a safe and potent next generation of drugs to fight multiple types of leukemia and lymphoma in adults and children. The journal Nature Medicine reported the findings Dec. 2. “This is...
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New study discovers genetic changes linked to leukaemia in children with Down’s syndrome
Posted Today This news or article is intended for readers with certain scientific or professional knowledge in the field. Researchers at the University of Oxford, in collaboration with colleagues from Hannover Medical School and Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, have discovered the specific gene mutations that are required for the development of leukaemia in children with Down’s syndrome. Children...
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Patients could be spared life-long leukaemia treatment, clinical trial finds
People with a slow developing type of blood cancer may be able to safely come off ‘life-long’ daily treatment in the future and remain free from cancer, the latest results from a University of Liverpool clinical trial suggest. Credit: University of Liverpool Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is diagnosed in around 600 people each year in the UK. The outlook...
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Cell mechanism discovery could lead to ‘fundamental’ change in leukaemia treatment
Researchers have identified a new cell mechanism that could lead to a fundamental change in the diagnosis and treatment of leukaemia. A team in the University of Kent’s pharmacy school conducted a study that discovered that leukaemia cells release a protein, known as galctin-9, that prevents a patient’s own immune system from killing cancerous blood...