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Finnish researchers identified the cause for LGL leukemia
( University of Helsinki ) Researchers of the University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Central Hospital and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, have discovered that a mutation in the STAT3 gene is an underlying cause for LGL leukemia. Since the STAT3 gene is also abnormally expressed in many other cancers and autoimmune diseases, this finding has roused extensive interest. The research ...
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/C O R R E C T I O N -- Amgen/
In the news release, Amgen's BiTE® Antibody Blinatumomab (AMG 103) Achieved High Rate of Complete Response in Adult Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, issued 16-May-2012 ...
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Schizophrenia drug may help prevent some cancers from recurring: study
TORONTO - An antipsychotic drug used as a therapy for schizophrenia appears to have an unusual property — it can neutralize some cancer stem cells that allow tumours to come back after treatment.
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Marijuana May Relieve Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
The advocates of proposition 19, the bill that tried to legalize cannabis in California, must be turning cartwheels at the news coming out of University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. It's especially ironic coming just a few weeks after the Federal raid and almost complete shutdown of Oaksterdam University, the privately run school in Oakland, California that teaches students how ...
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Cancer drug shows promise
A trio of studies shows that giving an oral cancer drug to multiple-myeloma patients as long-term “maintenance” gives them an average of a year and a half without symptoms of the disease.
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Chandler girl to head home after bout with leukemia, bone marrow transplant
After the better part of a year battling leukemia and living in a hospital, an 8-year-old Chandler girl is finally going home — thanks in no small part to the support of the East Valley community that
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Longview brothers with rare disease receive surprise from Make A Wish Foundation
What: Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a very rare, inherited bone marrow failure syndrome. Symptoms: It causes a wide variety of symptoms that can range from a low number of white blood cells and difficulty absorbing food, to (in the most severe cases) possible onset of leukemia.
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Local boy attends cancer center prom
It was early April 2008 when then 5-year-old Ryan Lopez was complaining to his mother about flu-like symptoms.
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Children's hospital becomes home away from home for cancer-stricken Okotoks girl [Video]
As they drove past the Alberta Children’s Hospital on the way to Calaway Park with their two daughters in tow, Chris and Amanda MacLean talked about how blessed they felt having the facility so close to home.
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Brigham and Women's doctors research new treatments for severe asthma
( Brigham and Women's Hospital ) Chronic asthma sufferers may have new hope for relief due to two new research studies that are getting underway at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). Researchers from BWH's Asthma Research Center are exploring whether two new therapies will relieve asthma symptoms.
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