• Health & Medicine

Potential leukaemia drug could be a good BET

2 October 2011

Scientists demonstrate potential new treatment for most common form of infant leukaemia

A team lead by Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that a potential new drug could treat mixed-lineage leukaemia (MLL), the most common form of leukaemia in babies, according to a study published in Nature today (Sunday). A team lead by Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that a potential new drug could treat mixed-lineage leukaemia (MLL), the most common form of leukaemia in babies, according to a study published in Nature today (Sunday).

2 October 2011

• Health & Medicine

Is ecstasy ‘being developed to treat blood cancers’? Not quite…

19 August 2011

• Health & Medicine

In the news: re-tooling the body's police force to beat leukaemia

17 August 2011

• Science & Technology

Research on hairy-cell leukaemia shows the promise of new DNA-scanning technologies

11 June 2011

• Health & Medicine

New podcast: Aspirin advice, progress in children’s cancer, and fear or fate?

15 December 2010

• Science & Technology

Putting leukaemia stem cells into reverse

14 December 2010

• Health & Medicine

Trial results show dramatically improved survival for relapsed childhood leukaemia

A new treatment increases survival to almost 70 per cent for children whose acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) returns. A new treatment increases survival to almost 70 per cent for children whose acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) returns.

4 December 2010

• Science & Technology

'Missing silencer' can trigger leukaemia

A completely new mechanism that leads to the development of a certain type of leukaemia could eventually be targeted by new treatments, according to research published in Nature Immunology today (Sunday). A completely new mechanism that leads to the development of a certain type of leukaemia could eventually be targeted by new treatments, according to research published in Nature Immunology today (Sunday).

11 July 2010

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

From tiny telomeres to revolutionising treatment in this month’s podcast

1 July 2010

No link between childhood cancer and mobile phone base stations or masts

23 June 2010

• Science & Technology

Research on DNA ends could lead to a blood test to monitor leukaemia

11 June 2010