leukemia
Chemotherapy-Free Stem Cell Transplant Promises Safer Leukemia Treatment
Posted in Medicine on 15th Nov, 2021
by Alex Muller
Leukemia and other blood cancers typically start in the bone marrow, where blood cells are produced by stem cells. For those with life-threatening illness, there’s one treatment option that can be very effective, but carries a serious risk of side effects – hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT).
AI Saves Woman's Life By Identifying Her Disease When Other Methods (humans) Failed
Posted in Science on 7th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller
Reports assert that Japanese doctors have, for the first time in history, used AI to detect a type of leukemia, which helped to save a patient's life.
Blocking key protein puts the brakes on leukaemia
Posted in Medicine on 25th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), an aggressive form of blood cancer, where cell growth controls are neutralized, giving the cancer cells free rein to multiply uncontrollably.
Scientists find way to make leukemia cells kill each other
Posted in Medicine on 21st Oct, 2015
by Alex Muller
The surprise finding could lead to a powerful new therapy for leukemia and possibly other cancers.
Sleeping cancer cells can 'wake up' decades later
Posted in Medicine on 28th May, 2015
by Alex Muller
Blood cancer cells can avoid being killed by lying dormant, sometimes for decades.