Childhood Leukemia Treated With Alzheimerâs Drug?
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Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery by identifying a gene that is responsible for childhood leukemia and the effects of the mutated gene, called NOTCH1, they say, can be inhibited by a type of drug designed to treat Alzheimerâs disease.
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Certain treatments may affect  the scholastic achievement of childhood leukemia survivors,  Finnish researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.  However, many of these treated children do not appear to be  disadvantaged.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a Genzyme Corp. (GENZ) cancer drug for treating a type of childhood leukemia after other therapies have failed.
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A potent anti-cancer drug may provide a new treatment for Alzheimer&#39;s disease, research suggests. Tests on mice bred to develop Alzheimer&#39;s-like symptoms showed paclitaxel, known commercially as Paxceed, reduced signs of disease.
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Sept. 15, 2004 -- An existing treatment for immune disorders may help people with Alzheimer&#39;s disease, a very small clinical study suggests.
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Genzyme (GENZ :Nasdaq - news - research) shares rose early Wednesday after US regulators approved its leukemia drug for children. The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday approved the drug Clolar, an intravenous
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SILVER SPRING, Md.  - A panel of medical experts  on Wednesday said Ilex Oncology Inc.'s new drug Clolar was  "reasonably likely" to help children and young adults with a  cancer called acute lymphocytic leukemia.
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The development of a molecule which appears to stop a protein forming clumps could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer&#39;s disease, scientists say.
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Scientists claim a drug can reverse some early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease - with effects seen within 10 minutes.
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SUNDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A once-promising pathway for research into preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease may have been derailed by a surprise chemical finding, researchers report.
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WEDNESDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Anti-cancer drugs called histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors improved long-term memory and strengthened neural connections in the brains of mice, says a University of California, Irvine, study.
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NEW YORK  - Certain treatments may affect the scholastic achievement of childhood leukemia survivors, Finnish researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. However, many of these treated children do not appear to be disadvantaged.
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Arsenic may be a suitable first-line treatment for a rare form of leukaemia called acute promyeloctytic leukaemia (APL), an Iranian study claims.
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Health News, BOSTON, The drug Exelon, prescribed to restore memory in Alzheimer&#39;s patients, may also offer some help for people who develop dementia from Parkinson&#39;s disease, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Pesticides or chemicals in the environment may be behind the steady rise in cases of childhood leukemia, which have increased five-fold since the early 1900s, scientists said on Monday.
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Sept. 29, 2004 -- Arsenic, despite its poisonous nature, may help save lives. Mounting evidence suggests that an arsenic treatment is effective for a rare form of leukemia.
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts The drug Clolar has won Food and Drug Administration approval to treat patients ages one to 21 who have exhausted other treatment options for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.