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Mutation stands in the way of healthy blood cell maturation
In the veins, stem cells constantly mature and develop into different blood cells that are…
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A step towards recovering reproduction in girls who survive childhood cancer
Leukaemia treatments often leave girls infertile, but a procedure developed by researchers at the University…
AACR 2019: Gilteritinib improved survival for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia
Treatment with the FLT3-targeted therapeutic gilteritinib (Xospata) improved survival for patients with relapsed or refractory…
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…
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…