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Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, is a type of cancer that affects the bone marrow and blood. AML usually begins in cells that turn into white blood cells, but it can start in other blood-forming cells, as well.
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JUL 18, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to manipulate gene expression using the gene editing tool CRISPR, and they have shown that i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Extracellular vesicles are little sacs that can work as a kind of messenger that delivers signals from one cell to anoth ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Diets that contain high levels of the nutrient selenium may help stave off myeloid leukemia, suggests new research publi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2023Cancer
Introduction CAR-T therapies represent a new successful strategy for the treatment of hematological malignancies; howeve ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalMAY 10, 2023Immunology
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are immune cells that promote chronic inflammatory disease, such as triple nega ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJAN 08, 2023Genetics & Genomics
A human trial of a CRISPR therapy was recently halted for adverse events. But the technology has tremendous potential to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer is basically what happens when cells start growing and dividing uncontrollably, and it gets worse when those canc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2022Cancer
Introduction Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. According to estimates from the American Cancer Socie ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalJUL 24, 2022Microbiology
Lassa virus infections are asymptomatic in about 80 percent of people. But the virus also causes Lassa fever (LF), which ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Sachin H. Patel/Boston Children's Hospital shows embryonic multipotent progenitor cells in a mouse embryo's ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2022Immunology
From birth, our immune system is ready to spring into action to protect us from pathogenic invaders. Like the rest of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2022Cancer
While cancer is a disease that inflicts people of all ages, it is often considered a disease of old age. The science to ...Written By: Katie KokolusFEB 21, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Two people have been cured of HIV, and now, a US woman joins them. In this third case, stem cell transplants were being ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2021Cancer
Diabetes and cancer are two common diseases that share many similar risk factors. People with diabetes are also at& ...Written By: Katie KokolusAUG 24, 2021Technology
Researchers may have found a new druggable target in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), thanks to a CRISPR scre ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUL 16, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
A machine learning algorithm developed by researchers at the Queen Mary University of London in the UK can rank cancer d ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher likelihood myeloid leukemia occurring in the first five years of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2021Genetics & Genomics
We know that there are certain substances that can harm a developing fetus, like alcohol or lead. Some health conditions ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 01, 2021Cancer
In an effort to address the high probability of relapse for elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia, researchers fr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 14, 2020Immunology
Leukemia is a cancer affecting tissues in the body that produce blood cells, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 25, 2020Cancer
A breakthrough study published recently in Science Advances reports the creation of a list of mutations in the noncoding ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 06, 2020Microbiology
The pandemic coronavirus has caused a wide range of different symptoms, and as time goes on, we may find that it can hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Our blood carries many types of critical cells, including platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells, which are m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2020Cancer
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, or AML, is an aggressive blood cancer with a poor 5-year prognosis. The primary targets of chemo ...Written By: Jasper Cantrell
JUL 18, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to manipulate gene expression using the gene editing tool CRISPR, and they have shown that i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Extracellular vesicles are little sacs that can work as a kind of messenger that delivers signals from one cell to anoth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Diets that contain high levels of the nutrient selenium may help stave off myeloid leukemia, suggests new research publi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2023
Cancer
Introduction CAR-T therapies represent a new successful strategy for the treatment of hematological malignancies; howeve
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
MAY 10, 2023
Immunology
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are immune cells that promote chronic inflammatory disease, such as triple nega
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JAN 08, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
A human trial of a CRISPR therapy was recently halted for adverse events. But the technology has tremendous potential to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer is basically what happens when cells start growing and dividing uncontrollably, and it gets worse when those canc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2022
Cancer
Introduction Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. According to estimates from the American Cancer Socie
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
JUL 24, 2022
Microbiology
Lassa virus infections are asymptomatic in about 80 percent of people. But the virus also causes Lassa fever (LF), which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Sachin H. Patel/Boston Children's Hospital shows embryonic multipotent progenitor cells in a mouse embryo's
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2022
Immunology
From birth, our immune system is ready to spring into action to protect us from pathogenic invaders. Like the rest of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2022
Cancer
While cancer is a disease that inflicts people of all ages, it is often considered a disease of old age. The science to
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
FEB 21, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two people have been cured of HIV, and now, a US woman joins them. In this third case, stem cell transplants were being
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2021
Cancer
Diabetes and cancer are two common diseases that share many similar risk factors. People with diabetes are also at&
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 24, 2021
Technology
Researchers may have found a new druggable target in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), thanks to a CRISPR scre
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUL 16, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
A machine learning algorithm developed by researchers at the Queen Mary University of London in the UK can rank cancer d
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher likelihood myeloid leukemia occurring in the first five years of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
We know that there are certain substances that can harm a developing fetus, like alcohol or lead. Some health conditions
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2021
Cancer
In an effort to address the high probability of relapse for elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia, researchers fr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 14, 2020
Immunology
Leukemia is a cancer affecting tissues in the body that produce blood cells, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 25, 2020
Cancer
A breakthrough study published recently in Science Advances reports the creation of a list of mutations in the noncoding
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 06, 2020
Microbiology
The pandemic coronavirus has caused a wide range of different symptoms, and as time goes on, we may find that it can hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Our blood carries many types of critical cells, including platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells, which are m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2020
Cancer
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, or AML, is an aggressive blood cancer with a poor 5-year prognosis. The primary targets of chemo
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell