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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 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
NF2 affects thousands of people. New research could help bring treatment to those patients.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2017Cardiology
A new treatment option for cancer, a Plk1 inhibitor called volasertib, is especially promising for leukemia patients. Un ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 05, 2017Cancer
High blood sugar is a risk factor for diabetes, but for some reason, the elevated sugar levels seem to reduce the risk f ...APR 24, 2017Cancer
We tend to think children and young adults are more resilient in the face of health crises. But a new study finds that w ...MAR 11, 2017Cancer
New work by scientists at Rockefeller University in New York could help young patients suffering from leukemia. They eng ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Novel Pathway Found for Antibiotic Resistance in Immunocompromised PatientsWritten By: Jennifer EllisDEC 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New evidence from researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine has indicated that a protein call ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2016Cancer
For the first time, researchers have traced a childhood form of blood cancer (acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL) to a ...DEC 10, 2016Immunology
For high-risk cancer patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), oncologists are interested in supplementing bone marrow ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 25, 2016Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid ...SEP 23, 2016Cancer
Earlier this week, I reported that scientists discovered how some cancers apparently switched off their sweet tooth to b ...SEP 20, 2016Cancer
Cancer has an insatiable appetite for the body’s nutrients. Most of the time, sugar is its preferred source of ene ...SEP 01, 2016Cancer
Health experts and nutritionists often tout the benefits of the vitamin C. Indeed this compound has even been explored a ...JUN 13, 2016Cancer
With the advancement of sequencing technologies, scientists are able to uncover more about the genetic basis of diseases ...FEB 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an ...SEP 20, 2015Cancer
The risk of acute leukemia in children living close to heavily used roads has been the focus of a recent study by Inserm ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2015Cancer
University of Manchester scientists have identified a gene, FOXC1, that, if turned on, can cause more aggressive cancer ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Cancer
A protein domain may be critical to helping patients fighting acute myeloid leukemia (AML) avoid a relapse. Researchers ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 10, 2015Cancer
A drug-like molecule could prove valuable in cancer research with the potential of developing a new pharmaceutical. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 04, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A gene on a chromosome linked with Down syndrome also has implications for developing childhood leukemia, according to r ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Plants and trees have often been used to treat diseases, in fact in ancient cultures, plants, roots, trees and other nat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
NF2 affects thousands of people. New research could help bring treatment to those patients.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2017
Cardiology
A new treatment option for cancer, a Plk1 inhibitor called volasertib, is especially promising for leukemia patients. Un
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 05, 2017
Cancer
High blood sugar is a risk factor for diabetes, but for some reason, the elevated sugar levels seem to reduce the risk f
...
APR 24, 2017
Cancer
We tend to think children and young adults are more resilient in the face of health crises. But a new study finds that w
...
MAR 11, 2017
Cancer
New work by scientists at Rockefeller University in New York could help young patients suffering from leukemia. They eng
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Novel Pathway Found for Antibiotic Resistance in Immunocompromised Patients
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New evidence from researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine has indicated that a protein call
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2016
Cancer
For the first time, researchers have traced a childhood form of blood cancer (acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL) to a
...
DEC 10, 2016
Immunology
For high-risk cancer patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), oncologists are interested in supplementing bone marrow
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 25, 2016
Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid
...
SEP 23, 2016
Cancer
Earlier this week, I reported that scientists discovered how some cancers apparently switched off their sweet tooth to b
...
SEP 20, 2016
Cancer
Cancer has an insatiable appetite for the body’s nutrients. Most of the time, sugar is its preferred source of ene
...
SEP 01, 2016
Cancer
Health experts and nutritionists often tout the benefits of the vitamin C. Indeed this compound has even been explored a
...
JUN 13, 2016
Cancer
With the advancement of sequencing technologies, scientists are able to uncover more about the genetic basis of diseases
...
FEB 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an
...
SEP 20, 2015
Cancer
The risk of acute leukemia in children living close to heavily used roads has been the focus of a recent study by Inserm
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2015
Cancer
University of Manchester scientists have identified a gene, FOXC1, that, if turned on, can cause more aggressive cancer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 11, 2015
Cancer
A protein domain may be critical to helping patients fighting acute myeloid leukemia (AML) avoid a relapse. Researchers
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 10, 2015
Cancer
A drug-like molecule could prove valuable in cancer research with the potential of developing a new pharmaceutical.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 04, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A gene on a chromosome linked with Down syndrome also has implications for developing childhood leukemia, according to r
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 19, 2015
Plants & Animals
Plants and trees have often been used to treat diseases, in fact in ancient cultures, plants, roots, trees and other nat
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim