Two-year-old Millbrook boy’s cancer journey featured in charity’s 2023 calendar
As outlined in Ezra’s story, featured in Ontario Parents Advocating for Children with Cancer (OPACC)’s 2023 wall calendar, the Gulliver...
Jan 9, 2023
Rare genetic anomaly linked to 20% of childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia cases
Now cancer experts at the University of South Australia are striving to change these outcomes as new genetic research shows that up to...
Mar 31, 2022
Research reveals high-risk subtype of relapsed pediatric AML
Scientists have found a previously overlooked mutation in a subtype of pediatric leukemia that has implications for identifying...
Feb 18, 2022
Study finds potential therapeutic target for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia
Researchers have identified a gene expressed in children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that could serve as a new immunotherapy...
May 6, 2021
Scientists identify potential drug candidates for deadly pediatric leukemia
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that two existing drug candidates--JAK inhibitors and...
Apr 15, 2021
Targeting stem cells: The path to curing poor-prognosis leukaemia
Researchers at Children's Cancer Institute have discovered what could prove a new and improved way to treat the poor-prognosis blood...
Jun 23, 2020
Dexrazoxane Prevents Anthracycline-Related Cardiotoxicity in Childhood AML
New data from researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) suggests use of dexrazoxane could provide some much-needed...
Apr 30, 2020
Breast cancer drug could be used to treat life-threatening leukaemia, Newcastle experts find
Experts at Newcastle University have identified that the drug, palbociclib can work effectively on treating acute myeloid leukaemia. Read...
Oct 10, 2018
Study finds differences between adult and childhood leukemia, calls for developing age-specific canc
A study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, with contributions from researchers across North America, has found stark...
Dec 20, 2017
Old drug, new trick: study finds common diabetes drug could help fight leukemia
Researchers have discovered a new potential treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). They found that boosting fat cells (adipocytes)...
Nov 6, 2017