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Leukemia (Leukaemia) is a cancer of the blood cells. It is the most common type of blood cancer and affects 10 times as many adults as children. Most people diagnosed with leukemia are over 50 years old. No one knows why some people develop leukemia and others do not. However, scientists have identified some risk factors for the disease. Most people who have known risk factors do not get leukemia, while many who do get the disease have none of these risk factors. During the early stages of leukemia, there may be no symptoms. Many of the symptoms of leukemia don't become apparent until a large number of normal blood cells are crowded out by leukemia cells.

New research may upend long-held scientific dogma about short telomeres and cancer risk

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say their 20-year study of more than 200 people with premature aging syndromes caused by abnormally short telomeres, or shortened repetitive DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes, may upend long-held scientific dogma and settle conflicting studies about how and whether short telomeres contribute to cancer risk.

30 Mar 2023

Notorious oncogene plays a direct role in disguising growing cancers from the immune system

Cancer-associated genes called oncogenes are well known to stimulate cell growth and division — causing tumors to balloon and spread.

28 Mar 2023

Scientists develop a marker for therapy response in acute myeloid leukemia

With the combination of the drugs Venetoclax and 5-Azacitidine, a new, effective and more tolerable alternative to chemotherapy for the treatment of AML has been available for several years. But for some patients, the drug combination does not work.

17 Mar 2023

Study focuses on new approach that delivers a "one-two punch" to help T cells attack solid tumors

A new approach that delivers a "one-two punch" to help T cells attack solid tumors is the focus of a preclinical study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

15 Mar 2023

Vitamin A-rich diet may reduce risk of developing asparaginase-associated pancreatitis in ALL patients

Consuming a diet rich in vitamin A or its analogs may help prevent children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) reduce their risk of developing painful pancreas inflammation during chemotherapy treatment.

15 Mar 2023

XBP1s plays a key role in controlling IL-15-mediated NK cell survival, study shows

A new study published in Science Immunology points to a promising therapeutic approach for future cancer treatments based on natural killer cells (NK), which are immune cells that bind to tumor cells and destroy them.

14 Mar 2023

AI-assisted analysis helps find new targets for CAR-T cell therapy against acute myeloid leukemia

Unlike other forms of blood cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cannot currently be treated with CAR-T cell immunotherapy.

13 Mar 2023

Scientists identify the cause of leukemia in people with trisomy 21

People with a third copy of chromosome 21, known as trisomy 21, are at high risk of developing Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), an aggressive form of blood cancer.

10 Mar 2023

Montana considers new wave of legislation to loosen vaccination rules

When Deb Horning's youngest daughter was 5, she got her measles, mumps, and rubella shot like many other kindergartners. But unlike many other moms, Horning had to stay away from her daughter for a week after the shot.

10 Mar 2023

Detection and targeting of splicing deregulation reveal a potential strategy for pAML therapy

Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia or pAML is a childhood blood cancer, one that has proved confounding to clinicians and researchers, with a high relapse rate and relatively few identified genetic mutations (compared to the adult version) that might explain its cause.

8 Mar 2023

Study identifies a potential new treatment approach for acute myeloid leukemia

A team of researchers has discovered a potential therapeutic that can synergize with existing drugs to more effectively kill certain leukemia cells.

8 Mar 2023

Research shows the benefits of screening AML patients in remission for residual disease before bone marrow transplant

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health show the benefits of screening adult patients in remission from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) for residual disease before receiving a bone marrow transplant.

7 Mar 2023

Biden administration urged to take more aggressive steps to relieve medical debt

Dozens of advocates for patients and consumers, citing widespread harm caused by medical debt, are pushing the Biden administration to take more aggressive steps to protect Americans from medical bills and debt collectors.

7 Mar 2023

New research pinpoints key culprit behind brain cancer metastasis in children

New research pinpoints a key cause of metastasis from an aggressive form of brain cancer in children and provides a potential new therapy for treating these tumors in the future.

6 Mar 2023

Even small bouts of exercise protective against heart disease, cancer

In a recent article published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers explored the relationship between non-occupational physical activity (PA) levels and poor cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and cancer outcomes, including mortality.

5 Mar 2023

Research identifies a possible treatment strategy for rare bone marrow failure syndrome

Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside bone responsible for making red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Bone marrow failure syndromes lead to an increased risk of developing dangerous infections, anemia and an increased risk of blood cancers.

2 Mar 2023

Reprogrammed tumor cells could teach the body's immune system to fight cancer

Some cities fight gangs with ex-members who educate kids and starve gangs of new recruits. Stanford Medicine researchers have done something similar with cancer — altering cancer cells so that they teach the body's immune system to fight the very cancer the cells came from.

2 Mar 2023

University of Vermont Cancer Center to offer a novel, highly effective form of cancer treatment

The University of Vermont Cancer Center will offer a novel, highly effective form of cancer treatment called CAR T-cell therapy beginning in February, when final accreditation and approval to begin treating patients is expected.

24 Feb 2023

Study identifies a potential new targeted drug for treating acute myeloid leukemia

Targeted drugs have been developed to supplement chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer. These drugs only affect cancer cells, leaving healthy cells alone.

23 Feb 2023

Study investigates anti-VEGF treatment for inflammatory eye disease in HTLV-1–infected ocular cells

A retrovirus known as human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is known to cause a number of diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the eye. Recently, researchers in Japan have investigated an antibody treatment for inflammatory eye disease in ocular cells infected with HTLV-1.

21 Feb 2023