New drug combo found effective against high-risk leukaemia
Australian scientists have found what could prove to be a new and effective way to treat a particularly aggressive blood cancer in ...
Jun 1, 2021
New insight into when CAR T is effective against childhood leukemia
Scientists and clinicians at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) studying the effectiveness of CAR T-cell therapies in children ...
May 25, 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
Gene mutations linked to worse leukemia outcomes in Hispanic and Latino children
A combination of genetic mutations may explain the higher incidence of and poorer outcomes from pediatric leukemia in Hispanic and...
Feb 5, 2021
Promising new approach to treating some of the worst types of leukaemia
MLL-r leukaemia claims the lives of many of those affected, while those who survive are often left with serious long-term effects. Read...
Dec 12, 2019
Immunotherapy drug improves outcomes for some children with relapsed leukemia
New findings from a clinical trial show that treatment with the immunotherapy drug blinatumomab is superior to standard chemotherapy for...
Dec 11, 2019
Research links development of childhood leukaemia to mistakes by the immune system
Genetic mutations that drive the development of a common type of childhood leukaemia can be traced back to errors by the immune system...
Mar 25, 2019
Promising drug for pediatric leukemia in developing stages
Scientists from Northwestern Medicine have found that if they could stabilize the MLL protein -- the one responsible for the spread of...
Dec 28, 2018
Childhood leukaemia medical breakthrough to help sufferers
A major breakthrough by researchers in Sydney has opened up the possibility for new and better treatments for ALL, the most common...
Dec 17, 2018
Intensified therapy improves outcomes for childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia subgroup
Intensifying therapy significantly improved OS and reduced the risk for relapse among children with childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic...
Aug 20, 2018

