Research paves way for new source for leukaemia drug
Researchers at Oregon State University have patented a method for making anti-leukaemia compounds that until…
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Starving leukaemia cells by targeting amino acids
Cancer cells consume sugar at a higher rate than healthy cells, but they’re also hungry…
Cancer: new DNA sequencing technique analyses tumours cell by cell to fight disease
Alba Rodriguez-Meira, University of Oxford and Adam Mead, University of Oxford A new DNA sequencing…
Cancer causes premature ageing
Leukaemia promotes premature ageing in healthy bone marrow cells – according to new research published…
Understanding the emergence of leukaemia
Acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukaemia is a rare type of blood cancer that affects mostly children.…
Finding second hits to knock out leukaemia
Many new anti-cancer drugs inhibit proteins that are essential for the proliferation of cancer cells.…
Drug compound could be next-generation treatment for aggressive form of leukaemia
Researchers have been struggling for years to find a treatment for patients who have a…
Cancer has a biological clock and this drug may keep it from ticking
A new drug shows potential to halt cancer cells’ growth by stunting the cells’ biological…
Scientists learn how common virus reactivates after transplantation
A new study in Science challenges long-held theories of why a common virus—cytomegalovirus, or CMV—can reactivate and…
No substantial benefit from transplantation reported for a high-risk leukaemia subtype
Checking for minimal residual disease early in treatment can help some young high-risk leukaemia patients…