Leukaemia cell culprit discovered
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A study of four-year-old twin girls has identified a rogue cell which is the root cause of childhood leukaemia.
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Scientists identify a gene fault linked the development of lung cancers.
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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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A team of Korean scientists have found a way to solve the cancer paradox of why aging cells with reduced ability to proliferate are susceptible to cancer, characterized by uncontrolled cell growth.
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A team of scientists in Glasgow say they have devised a new method of attacking cancer cells.
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A new technology that counts cancer cells in the blood helps predict the success of breast cancer treatments more quickly and more reliably than established methods, researchers reported yesterday.
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Canadian scientists have found cancer stem cells that seem to fuel the uncontrolled growth of malignant brain tumors. If they could be targeted with
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Iranian scientists believe a substance used as weed killer and notorious as a weapon for murder mystery writers cold treat leukaemia.
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Genes associated with prostate cancer have been discovered, which could be used to spot future sufferers.
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A discovery about how the virus which causes diarrhoea invades cells could help vaccine development, say scientists.
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Living near a petrol station may quadruple the risk for children of developing leukaemia, new research says.
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Government scientists turned regular blood cells into tumor attackers that wiped out all signs of cancer in two men with advanced melanoma. The striking finding, unveiled Thursday, marks an important step in the quest for gene therapy for cancer.
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A family of enzymes may trigger cancer by sabotaging cell memory, research suggests.
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Researchers say they have eliminated leukemia cells in mice by shutting off a molecule necessary for the cancer cells&#39; survival.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- A new kind of treatment against metastatic cancer cells, which carry cancer from one location to other parts of the body, has been identified by scientists at the Scripps Research Institute.
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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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Blood from a newborn baby's umbilical cord can be used to treat adults with leukaemia, a US-based study says.