leukemia
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.
Scientists discover how to change human leukemia cells into harmless immune cells
Posted in Medicine on 19th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers found a method that can force dangerous leukemia cells to mature into harmless immune cells.
Leukaemia mutations 'almost inevitable', researchers say
Posted in Medicine on 28th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
It is "almost inevitable" that your blood will take the first steps towards leukemia as you age, researchers show.
Genetically modified T cells induced complete remissions in advanced leukemia patients
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
88 percent achieved complete remissions after being treated with genetically modified versions of their own immune cells.
Leukemia treatment given shot in the arm by artificial bone marrow development
Posted in Medicine on 15th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller
A breakthrough in the development of artificial bone marrow which expands the ability to reproduce stem cells in the lab.