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Overlooked part of cell’s internal machinery may hold key to treating acute myeloid leukemia

Many individuals forced to fight an exceptionally aggressive form of the blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia (AML) don't survive more than five years.

22 Apr 2019

Large-scale screen efficiently identifies drugs that are potent cancer-killers

UC San Francisco scientists have designed a large-scale screen that efficiently identifies drugs that are potent cancer-killers when combined, but only weakly effective when used alone.

10 Apr 2019

Scientists visualize immune cells fighting blood cancer for the first time

When cancer escapes the immune system, our defenses are rendered powerless and are unable to fight against the disease.

8 Apr 2019

ASCO issues guideline recommending older adults with cancer to receive geriatric assessment

Although the majority of patients who have blood cancers are older adults, they make up only a small percentage of participants in the clinical trials that lead to new therapies.

8 Apr 2019

HCA Healthcare UK introduces ground-breaking new blood cancer treatment

HCA Healthcare UK has announced the launch of CAR T-cell therapy - a ground-breaking new blood cancer treatment which will be available to eligible patients with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.

3 Apr 2019

Immune system errors linked to development of childhood leukemia

Genetic mutations that drive the development of a common type of childhood leukemia can be traced back to errors by the immune system during the production of antibodies.

25 Mar 2019

City of Hope receives $7.5 million in grant awards to study cutaneous T cell lymphoma

City of Hope recently received $7.5 million in grant awards to study a rare type of blood cancer that affects the skin: cutaneous T cell lymphoma.

21 Mar 2019

Using TGS technology to make the perfect match even better for stem cell transplant recipients

At Anthony Nolan we save the lives of people with blood cancers and blood disorders that need a stem cell transplant.

4 Mar 2019

New test could be a ‘game changer’ in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

The first test to quickly and accurately predict how people will respond to standard treatment for the most common type of leukemia has been developed at Cardiff University. The technology could guide doctors’ decisions on which drugs to give to patients.

27 Feb 2019

Intense exercise, fasting and hormones can enhance waste-protein removal, study shows

The body's ability to adapt to changing conditions and shifting physiologic demands is essential to survival. To do so, each cell must be able to dispose of damaged or unnecessary proteins--a quality-control mechanism critical for cellular performance and for the health of the entire organism.

21 Feb 2019

T-cells play key role in how the body fights follicular lymphoma

Healthy white blood cells, called "T-cells," play a crucial role in how the body fights follicular lymphoma. That's according to the results of a study led by Mayo Clinic hematologists Zhi Zhang Yang, M.D., and Stephen Ansell, M.D., Ph.D., that was published in Cell Reports.

20 Feb 2019

Study discovers new therapy for aggressive blood cancer

Acute myeloid leukemia is the most common form of acute leukemia. It is characterized by an increase of malignant myeloid progenitor cells at the expense of mature blood cells.

13 Feb 2019

Study: Diagnosis delays for patients with lymphoma could be avoided

Many patients with lymphoma take longer to be diagnosed than expected, with some thinking these delays could have been avoided, a new report from the University of York has found.

30 Jan 2019

New drug compounds show promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers have been struggling for years to find a treatment for patients who have a recurrence of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer that is one of the most lethal cancers. About 19,520 news cases are diagnosed a year, and about 10,670 people a year die from it, according to the American Cancer Society.

29 Jan 2019

Study: Prolonged presence of precursor cells in thymus may give rise to leukemia

Acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia is a rare type of blood cancer that affects mostly children. This blood cancer appears from the precursor cells that produce T lymphocytes.

28 Jan 2019

Researchers discover mechanism which drives leukemia cell growth

A mechanism which drives leukemia cell growth has been discovered by researchers at the University of Sussex, who believe their findings could help to inform new strategies when it comes to treating cancer.

17 Jan 2019

Active ingredient in eye drops shows promise for treating aggressive blood cancer

An active ingredient in eye drops that were being developed for the treatment of a form of eye disease has shown promise for treating an aggressive form of blood cancer. Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of Cambridge, University of Nottingham and their collaborators have found that this compound, which targets an essential cancer gene, could kill leukemia cells without harming non-leukemic blood cells.

19 Dec 2018

Blood Cancer News and Research

Overlooked part of cell’s internal machinery may hold key to treating acute myeloid leukemia

Large-scale screen efficiently identifies drugs that are potent cancer-killers

Scientists visualize immune cells fighting blood cancer for the first time

ASCO issues guideline recommending older adults with cancer to receive geriatric assessment

HCA Healthcare UK introduces ground-breaking new blood cancer treatment

Immune system errors linked to development of childhood leukemia

City of Hope receives $7.5 million in grant awards to study cutaneous T cell lymphoma

Using TGS technology to make the perfect match even better for stem cell transplant recipients

New test could be a ‘game changer’ in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Intense exercise, fasting and hormones can enhance waste-protein removal, study shows

T-cells play key role in how the body fights follicular lymphoma

Study discovers new therapy for aggressive blood cancer

Study: Diagnosis delays for patients with lymphoma could be avoided

New drug compounds show promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia

Study: Prolonged presence of precursor cells in thymus may give rise to leukemia

Researchers discover mechanism which drives leukemia cell growth

Active ingredient in eye drops shows promise for treating aggressive blood cancer

Research advances offer hope for patient-tailored AML treatment

New technology for profiling genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells developed

Financial difficulties add to patients' cancer struggle

Everything you should know about lymphoma eBook

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Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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