Children with childhood leukemia benefit from prophylactic antibiotics
12/07/2015
Prophylactic antibiotics significantly reduce the risk of serious bacterial infections in children during the critical first month of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common...
New leads in the struggle against a formidable leukemia
12/07/2015
A coordinated push to decrypt a complex form of leukemia is delivering a trove of new drug candidates and treatment ideas, a dozen of which will be presented at the American Society of Hematology...
Gene pair plays crucial role in colon cancer, Penn vet team shows
12/07/2015
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and researchers are hard at work to understand the disease's complex molecular underpinnings.
Microtubules act as cellular 'rheostat' to control insulin secretion
12/07/2015
Microtubules -- cellular "highways" that deliver cargo to the cell membrane for secretion -- have a surprising role in pancreatic beta cells.
One-step tumor detection from dynamic morphology tracking on aptamer grafted surface
12/07/2015
A team of researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington (UT-Arlington) in Texas, USA has demonstrated a novel cancer cell detection method based on real time cell behavior tracking on...
Making cancer care personal
12/07/2015
Researchers at University of Iowa partner with private company to personalize cancer treatment through computer simulations and lab work.
Scientists investigated molecular processes for targeted dog cancer therapy
12/07/2015
Almost every second dog above the age of ten years develops cancer. Modern tumor therapy combines surgery, radiation therapy and novel drug treatment options.
Certain herpes viruses can infect human neurons
12/07/2015
Research suggests viral infection could underlie some symptoms of brain disorders.
Guided ultrasound plus nanoparticle chemotherapy cures tumors in mice
12/07/2015
Thermal ablation with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) is a noninvasive technique for treating fibroids and cancer.
Why do breast cancer survivors succumb to leukemia after cancer therapy?
12/07/2015
Breast cancer survivors have a relatively high risk of developing leukemia later in life; researchers find certain genetic traits that could be a risk factor.