Immunotherapy improves the prognosis of babies with a very aggressive leukemia
A trial with thirty patients under one year of age confirms that adding a bispecific antibody to the chemotherapy treatment increases...
May 2, 2023
Rutgers researchers show importance of low vitamin A levels as harbinger of adverse event
Scientists seeking a way to eliminate an adverse reaction to treatments for acute lymphocytic leukemia, a common childhood cancer, have...
Mar 29, 2023
Colin Seaman is the boy with the Harry Potter cells
"While developing a treatment plan, Lee introduced the family to a revolutionary treatment option for some patients with leukemia....
Jan 18, 2023
Drug Response Study of Leukemia Subtypes Advances Precise Patient-Therapy Matching
A study by researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital delving into drug response across a swath of genetic subtypes of acute...
Jan 6, 2023
Twin study confirms childhood leukaemia starts in the womb
By studying rare cases of identical twins with leukaemia, scientists have shed new light on the origins of the most common type of...
Dec 28, 2022
New study achieves 99 percent remission in children who relapse with most common childhood cancer
A recent collaboration with colleagues in Shanghai Children’s Medical Center has found a new immunotherapy combination that resulted in ...
Dec 20, 2022
Revolutionary gene therapy offers hope for untreatable cancers
Scientists in the UK have used a revolutionary new type of gene therapy to treat a young patient with relapsed T-cell leukaemia. The...
Dec 13, 2022
Landmark study finds new gene mutations that drive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
St. Jude scientists helped lead a comprehensive genomic analysis to uncover the impact of genes on the treatment and outcome of the...
Oct 14, 2022
New chemical technology leads to better targeted therapeutics against high-risk leukemia in the lab
Scientists from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have created an LCK targeted PROTAC, demonstrating its enhanced ability to kill...
Aug 26, 2022
Scientists are a step closer to finding a low toxicity treatment for childhood leukaemia
Newly published research carried out using synthetic human bone marrow cells is paving the way for the development of safer and kinder...
Aug 23, 2022