News tagged with adult leukemia
Researchers confirm gene variants associated with the most common adult leukemia (w/Video)
Apr 20, 2009 |
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A national team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic has found that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are more likely to have similar DNA changes or variants in up to six genes, compared to people who do not have ...
New biomarker may predict leukemia aggressiveness
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of California, San Diego and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have evidence of a potential new biomarker to predict the aggressiveness of an often difficult-to-treat form of leukemia. They found ...
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Gene therapy protocol activates immune system in patients with leukemia
Feb 11, 2008 |
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A research team at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) reports that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who were treated with a gene therapy protocol began making antibodies ...
Leukemia stem cells have more in common with embryonic stem cells than adult stem cells
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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Research using a mouse model of human leukemia has provided critical insight into the genetic factors related to the generation and maintenance of myeloid leukemia stem cells. The study, published by Cell Press in the February ...
A potential new way to make a good anti-leukemia drug even better
Oct 20, 2008 |
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A recently identified cancer-causing protein makes the anti-leukemia drug imatinib, less effective. By blocking the protein, an international team of researchers was able to slow the spread of leukemia cells in culture. The ...
'Sister' factors promote survival of blood-system stem cells
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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Stem cells of any kind are defined by their eternal nature, reproducing themselves and providing a pool of cells from which more differentiated tissues arise.
The symptoms of T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Multiple lymphomatous polyposis (MLP) is an unusual form mantle cell lymphoma characterized by polyps throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a malignancy associated with retrovirus, ...
Researchers find two units of umbilical cord blood reduce risk of leukemia recurrence
Nov 13, 2009 |
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A new study from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota shows that patients who have acute leukemia and are transplanted with two units of umbilical cord blood (UCB) have significantly reduced risk of the disease ...
Unique role for blood formation gene identified
Sep 12, 2007 |
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All blood cell production in adults depends on the steady work of a vital gene that if lost results in early bone marrow failure, Dartmouth Medical School cancer geneticists have found. Their research reveals an unexpected ...
A Taxing Issue: How Human T-lymphotropic Virus Can Cause Leukemia In Adults
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Researchers have identified a potential new mechanism through which human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) causes leukemia in adults. The findings, published this week in the online open access journal Retrovirology, repres ...
Stripping leukemia-initiating cells of their 'invisibility cloak'
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Two new studies reveal a way to increase the body's appetite for gobbling up the cancer stem cells responsible for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a form of cancer with a particularly poor survival rate. The key is targeting ...
Adult survivors of childhood leukemia have lower bone mineral density, study finds
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Men who survived childhood leukemia treatment into adulthood were more likely to have low bone mineral density than other adults their age, putting them at risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures, according to a new study.
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