Leukemia
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Scientists report the “functional cure” of an HIV patient for only the second time ever. Known only as “the London patient”, the man received a transplant of bone marrow stem cells from a donor that had a resistance to the virus. The patient has now been in remission for 18 months.
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Building on several years of research into a protein responsible for leukemia, a newly published paper has revealed success in slowing the progression of the deadly cancer in mouse models.
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New research has found a promising leukemia treatment in an eye drop already being developed to battle retinal neovascular disease. The research revealed the eye-drops, still in a pre-clinical stage of development, target the same gene that inhibits the progression of this aggressive blood cancer.
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ScienceA compelling new study is comparing cancer cell populations to parasites, describing how it can alter the body's ability to metabolize glucose to create more energy sources that help tumors grow.
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ScienceBone marrow tissue functions like a conveyor belt for our bloodstream and scientists have now made a promising advance in the effort to create an artificial version, a tool that could be weaponized in the fight against leukemia and other diseases of the blood.
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The prospect of a manned mission to Mars raises all kinds of uncertainties. In a new NASA-funded study, researchers have found that life on the Red Planet could include a heightened risk of leukemia, brought on by the impacts of increased radiation exposure in deep space.
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After being diagnosed with leukaemia, a 10-year-old girl from Australia was inspired to invent a better Band-Aid dispenser. The Faster-Aid works like a roll of tape that's resealable to keep the bandages sterile, and it won Origin’s littleBIGidea, an Australia-wide competition for young inventors.
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Using an advanced imaging technique, scientists have watched as treatment-resistant leukemia cells teased chemotherapy into a high-stakes game of tag, an observation that opens up new ways in which we may be able to stop the deadly disease in its tracks.
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Australian researchers have discovered a protein that facilitates the spread of acute myeloid leukaemia cells, and have shown that by blocking its activity they can stop the deadly form of cancer in its tracks.
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A Canadian scientist has discovered a lipid in avocado that could prove key to battling leukemia by attacking the highly resilient stem cells that drive the disease and make treating it such a difficult task.