Umbilical cord blood helps fight leukemia
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Stem cells from umbilical cord blood can save the lives of leukemia patients when compatible bone marrow donors aren&#39;t available, according to two major studies published today.
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Blood from a newborn&#39;s umbilical cord, often thrown away but rich in cells that may rebuild the body&#39;s blood production system, is safe to treat leukemia in adults, two studies released on Wednesday show.
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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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Babies who are breastfed have a lower risk of developing childhood leukemia, according to a new analysis of 14 studies by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
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A method for producing red blood cells in the laboratory could one day help solve the shortage of donated blood.
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(HealthDay News) -- Leukemia is a cancer of the blood, caused by an abundance of abnormal white blood cells.
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Dec. 6, 2004 (San Diego) -- A new generation of medications to treat leukemia is wiping out cancer in people who fail to benefit from the blockbuster drug Gleevec, researchers say.
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- Two studies have found the umbilical cords of newborn babies offer an alternative, albeit last-resort, source of stem cells for adult leukemia patients needing transplants.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Leukemia patients in need of a bone marrow transplant may have new hope, thanks to research conducted on umbilical cord blood.
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Blood from a baby&#39;s umbilical cord could help doctors predict which children will suffer from allergies and asthma later in their lives, British and American scientists said on Thursday.
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Arsenic, commonly used as an effective pesticide should be used as a first-line treatment for a rare form of leukemia, according to researchers.
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Breastfeeding for even a few months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a new research review suggests.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News)-- Compounds called growth factors, given to help cancer patients better tolerate chemotherapy and reduce infection, may actually boost their risk for leukemia or a bone marrow disorder later on, new research suggests.
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Waiting 30 seconds to two minutes after birth to cut the umbilical cord of a premature baby appears to lessen chances of bleeding in the newborn&#39;s brain and reduce the need for transfusions, according to a new review of research.
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Two experimental drugs could offer hope to leukemia patients who no longer benefit from Gleevec, the groundbreaking cancer pill, research presented Sunday in San Diego at the meeting of the American Society of Hematology shows.
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A terminal leukemia patient must  have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to  do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive.  Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.
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U.S. investigators have found that children who ate oranges and bananas or drank orange juice most days of the week before age 2 were significantly less likely than other children to be diagnosed with leukemia before age 14.