Childhood leukemia gene found
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Researchers have found that drugs being developed for Alzheimer&#39;s disease can also provide a better treatment for the cancer, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or T-ALL.
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Federal researchers have found children involved in a northern Nevada leukemia cluster are more prone to have a variation in a gene that helps combat unsafe chemicals, and more research is needed to learn the reasons why.
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Luke Do was a lively 18-month-old awaiting the birth of his first sibling when he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. The hopes of his parents, both doctors in San Jose, Calif., immediately turned to a bone marrow transplant, but they soon learned some distressing news &#151; Luke's ethnic heritage made him a tough match.
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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. The analysis of 14 studies conducted since
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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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Children who live in close proximity to gas stations and auto body shops have a dramatically higher rate of leukemia, according to a new study.
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US regulators said Tuesday they approved a new cancer drug from Genzyme Corp. for treating a type of childhood leukemia. The Food and Drug Administration, in a statement on its
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[Health India]: London, NOv 25 : A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has confirmed that stem cells derived from the umbilical cords of newborn babies are a viable and effective transplant source for thousands of leukemia patients
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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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Scientists have identified a gene that is strongly associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma.
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A painstaking scan of the DNA of  tumor cells shows hundreds of previously unsuspected genes are  involved in cancer, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding  that offers new ways to fight the disease.
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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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Scientists pinpoint a new gene linked with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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Scientists in Dundee find a potential link between a chicken gene and human diseases.
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French and American scientists said Wednesday they have identified a "Jekyll and Hyde" type of cancer gene that could lead to better ways to diagnose and treat the disease.
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AN article in scientific journal says researchers have discovered a rare disease caused by a gene mutation that often kills children before the age of two.
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Kids undergoing chemotherapy for the most common form of childhood leukemia have significant reductions in their antioxidant and micronutrient levels, which could lead to bad side effects from the treatment.