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New chemical technology boosts potency of targeted cancer therapy
In work that heralds a new, more potent form of targeted therapy for cancer, Dana-Farber…
Browsing: Leukaemia
Australian cancer patients to access life extending overseas clinical trials in major breakthrough
By Sue Dunlevy – Herald Sun. IN a breakthrough that could extend hundreds of lives,…
Contraceptive and cholesterol-lowering drugs used to treat cancer
The combination of a cholesterol-lowering drug, Bezafibrate, and a contraceptive steroid, Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, could be…
Study links father’s age and risk of blood cancer as an adult
A new study links a father’s age at birth to the risk that his child…
Telomere Changes Predict Cancer
Changes in chromosomes years before cancer diagnosis could yield biomarker to predict cancer. A distinct…
The ALLG Discovery Centre
By Delaine Smith, ALLG CEO. The ALLG Discovery Centre is an innovative state-of-the-art facility that holds…
Researchers change human leukaemia cells into harmless immune cells
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that when a certain aggressive…
Protein-based therapy shows promise against resistant leukaemia
Resistance of leukaemia cells to contemporary chemotherapy is one of the most formidable obstacles to…
Cancer nursing: it’s not enough to save someone and say our job is done
By Hayley Leonard – The Guardian. Every day at the Royal Marsden, I see the…
Cancer deaths in youngsters drop by nearly 60 per cent in 40 years in UK
Cancer deaths in children and young people have fallen by 58 per cent in the…