- Apr 5, 2018
Neurological Side Effects of Childhood Leukemia Treatment
More children than ever before are surviving cancer for decades after their original diagnosis. However, survivors can experience...
- Feb 2, 2018
Landmark international study: CAR T-cell therapy safe and effective in youth with leukemia
Results of the global, multicenter, pivotal phase 2 study that led to the first FDA approval of a gene therapy/cell therapy approach...
- Jan 17, 2018
More hope for kids with even the toughest leukemia cases
We’re sending children to the United States for experimental CAR-T treatment, but it will be coming to Toronto soon. Read more:...
- Dec 2, 2017
Missing DNA fragments hold clue to predicting childhood leukaemia relapse
Australian researchers have developed a new risk scoring system for children with leukaemia based on missing DNA fragments or...
- Sep 1, 2017
FDA announces first US gene therapy approval for cancer treatment
The US Food and Drug Administration approved a new leukemia treatment, which the agency considers the first gene therapy it has cleared...
- Aug 22, 2017
New treatment for deadly blood cancers expected to be approved soon
Cancer doctors in St. Louis are ready to use a new therapy using a patient’s own blood to fight their disease. The therapy, called CAR-T,...
- Jul 13, 2017
US advisory panel endorses 'breakthrough' gene therapy for child cancer
An FDA advisory panel has unanimously approved a leukemia treatment that could become the first gene therapy approved in the US. The...
- Jul 4, 2017
First large-scale genomic analysis of key acute leukemia will likely yield new therapies
A consortium including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Children's Oncology Group has performed an unprecedented genomic...