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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that develops within the blood and bone marrow. CLL forms in white blood cells known as B cells. CLL is usually slow growing and can be treated with chemotherapy but in cases of aggressive disease bone marrow transplantation could be used.
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JUL 17, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Introduction Antibodies are the ideal therapeutic biomolecules due to their ability to bind to a variety of targets with
...
FEB 14, 2023
Cancer
Valentine’s Day represents a significant season in the floral industry. The Society of American Florists est
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAY 05, 2021
Immunology
Three-dimensional (3D) printing has become a common technique over the past two decades. Now, the technique has been ado
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace
OCT 12, 2020
Cancer
Much like how a car needs gasoline to run, cells also need a fuel source. Most human cells in the body use oxidative pho
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
FEB 14, 2020
Immunology
Natural killer (NK) cells are a subset of white blood cells that are key players in the innate immune system, orchestrat
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
A type of genetic mutation called chromothripsis was discovered a few years ago in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2019
Cancer
Have you ever heard of dark matter? No, I’m not talking about the dark matter of the universe – I mean the d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 10, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A huge amount of our genome does not code for protein, but it can impact physiology in other ways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
One cell meant a very different outcome for a patient that was the recipient of a cutting-edge cancer therapy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2018
Cancer
A group of US researchers have identified CD13 in certain subtypes of B-cell neoplasms, thereby aiding in a more detaile
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
AUG 07, 2018
Cancer
Targeted therapy for Bcl-2 may be helpful in more than the two lymphoma diagnoses that were recently approved by the FDA
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 17, 2018
Cancer
New advances have made it possible for immunotherapy researchers to use natural killer cells, which are our body's norma
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 10, 2018
Cancer
A new small molecule inhibitor, called PTC596, initiated apoptosis in MCL cells according to a study published this mont
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 15, 2018
Cancer
Understanding a cancer diagnosis can feel overwhelming for individuals not familiar with medicine and the language used.
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 10, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a form of cancer that that first occurs in the cells that become certain white blo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 09, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Pitfalls and considerations in all things factoring into identifying and targeting actionable targets
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
JUL 17, 2017
Cancer
Scientists are putting a target on cancer’s back, and immune cells are being trained to track down and kill that t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 22, 2017
Cancer
A cancer drug that’s considered a game-changer for leukemia and lymphoma could also be a game-changer for allergy
...
SEP 09, 2016
Videos
A new chemotherapy drug for chronic lymphocytic leukemia has been given approval by the FDA. CLL is the most common form
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 08, 2016
Immunology
Whether chronic or acute, patients with inflammatory nerve disorders are often out of luck for a quick diagnosis or accu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 01, 2016
Immunology
A new treatment for the selective targeting of ovarian cancer cells has been adopted from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 16, 2016
Cancer
Wistar Institute researchers recently discovered a protein in the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell, called STING, can i
...
NOV 02, 2015
Immunology
B-cell leukemia occurs in 80-85 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2015
Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider