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Leukemia
Leukemia is cancer of the blood that occurs in the blood or bone marrow. Leukemia often impacts the white blood cells, immune cells which typically expand as needed to fight infection. Patients with leukemia produce large quantities of abnormal white blood cells which do not function properly. There are many types of leukemia including acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
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MAY 06, 2016Cancer
Researchers say a protein biomarker could indicate whether a childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, will relapse. Absence of t ...APR 30, 2016Cancer
Researchers recently reported that immunotherapy led to remission in 93 percent of patients with advanced leukemia. Thou ...APR 23, 2016Videos
People need healthy bone marrow and blood cells to survive. Bone marrow is the flexible fatty substance in the interior ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 15, 2016Cancer
Good gut bacteria can promote a healthy immune system, which in turn, could reduce the risks for some types of cancers, ...APR 13, 2016Cancer
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are launching a cancer tissue repository for use ...MAR 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
If you want to harness the full power of stem cells, all you might need is an eraser. Not an ordinary eraser, of course. ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
After receiving a bone marrow transplant, a 46-year-old man reportedly acquired a new fruit allergy to kiwis. The myster ...MAR 16, 2016Cancer
As the patent protection on the blockbuster anticancer drug Gleevec expired earlier this year, the now available ...MAR 16, 2016Cancer
Wistar Institute researchers recently discovered a protein in the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell, called STING, can i ...MAR 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Natural killer cells that can kill and contain viruses and cancerous tumors can be manipulated by epigenetics, a finding ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an ...FEB 22, 2016Immunology
Around 15 to 20 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have cancerous cells derived from T lymphocy ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Dramatic remissions have been seen in a cancer immunotherapy trial for patients with blood cancers. Specifically, ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the fight against childhood leukemia, small variables can have big effects in the successful outcomes for patients&rs ...FEB 12, 2016Immunology
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) affect 75,000 and 72,000 people each year in t ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 21, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have gained insight into how developing cells switch to a specialized state and how the process might go wro ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 15, 2016Genetics & Genomics
With new results from whole genome sequencing, scientists have identified a cause for a rare genetic disorder known to c ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 24, 2015Microbiology
People suffering from leukemia or lymphoma are particularly vulnerable to mold diseases such as aspergillosis and mucorm ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 22, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way of treating cancer may come in the form of an injectable gel. The “biogel” was developed in lab of ...NOV 20, 2015Videos
Having a child diagnosed with cancer is a devastating blow to any parent. Going through chemotherapy and a bone marrow t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 02, 2015Immunology
B-cell leukemia occurs in 80-85 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer that ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 29, 2015Cancer
UC San Francisco scientists have developed a molecular “on switch” enabling tight control over the acti ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 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 Schneider
MAY 06, 2016
Cancer
Researchers say a protein biomarker could indicate whether a childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, will relapse. Absence of t
...
APR 30, 2016
Cancer
Researchers recently reported that immunotherapy led to remission in 93 percent of patients with advanced leukemia. Thou
...
APR 23, 2016
Videos
People need healthy bone marrow and blood cells to survive. Bone marrow is the flexible fatty substance in the interior
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 15, 2016
Cancer
Good gut bacteria can promote a healthy immune system, which in turn, could reduce the risks for some types of cancers,
...
APR 13, 2016
Cancer
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are launching a cancer tissue repository for use
...
MAR 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
If you want to harness the full power of stem cells, all you might need is an eraser. Not an ordinary eraser, of course.
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
After receiving a bone marrow transplant, a 46-year-old man reportedly acquired a new fruit allergy to kiwis. The myster
...
MAR 16, 2016
Cancer
As the patent protection on the blockbuster anticancer drug Gleevec expired earlier this year, the now available
...
MAR 16, 2016
Cancer
Wistar Institute researchers recently discovered a protein in the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell, called STING, can i
...
MAR 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Natural killer cells that can kill and contain viruses and cancerous tumors can be manipulated by epigenetics, a finding
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an
...
FEB 22, 2016
Immunology
Around 15 to 20 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have cancerous cells derived from T lymphocy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Dramatic remissions have been seen in a cancer immunotherapy trial for patients with blood cancers. Specifically,
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the fight against childhood leukemia, small variables can have big effects in the successful outcomes for patients&rs
...
FEB 12, 2016
Immunology
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) affect 75,000 and 72,000 people each year in t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have gained insight into how developing cells switch to a specialized state and how the process might go wro
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 15, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
With new results from whole genome sequencing, scientists have identified a cause for a rare genetic disorder known to c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 24, 2015
Microbiology
People suffering from leukemia or lymphoma are particularly vulnerable to mold diseases such as aspergillosis and mucorm
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 22, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way of treating cancer may come in the form of an injectable gel. The “biogel” was developed in lab of
...
NOV 20, 2015
Videos
Having a child diagnosed with cancer is a devastating blow to any parent. Going through chemotherapy and a bone marrow t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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 29, 2015
Cancer
UC San Francisco scientists have developed a molecular “on switch” enabling tight control over the acti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
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