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Archive for August 11th, 2011


Cancer breakthrough stuns scientists

… clear success with gene therapy to treat leukemia. Source: AP THREE US cancer patients were … killers, wiping out an advanced form of leukaemia, researchers say. The breakthrough stunned scientists and …

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‘Serial killer’ cells eradicate leukemia tumours

… Wed. Aug. 10 2011 4:08 PM ET In a breakthrough for leukemia patients that was 20 years in the making, researchers in Pennsylvania say they have …

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Aid sought for leukemia student

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‘Amazing’ killer T-cells wipe out leukemia: US study

… ‘Amazing’ killer T-cells wipe out leukemia: US study WASHINGTON – Three US cancer patients were brought back from the brink …

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Reprogrammed Cells Dramatically Wipe Out Leukemia

… Two weeks after receiving an experimental treatment for his cancer, David Porter's 65-year-old leukemia patient seemed to take a turn for the worse. Fatigue and fever drove the …

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‘Serial killer’ T cells treatment wipes out leukaemia within 3 weeks

… In what is being hailed as a cancer treatment breakthrough, three men suffering late-stage leukemia were cured in just three weeks after being treated with genetically engineered versions of …

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Treatment for Leukemia Is Showing Early Promise

… Scientists are reporting very preliminary success with a new approach for treating leukemia turning the patients own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy their …

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GM cells destroy leukaemia tumours

… engineered patients’ own pathogen-fighting T-cells to target a molecule found on the surface of leukaemia cells. The altered T-cells were grown outside of the body and infused back into …

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Gene therapy wipes out leukemia in study

… – Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia – turning the patients’ own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy their …

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SECOND OPINION | Leukemia (CLL) | APT | Full Episode

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is a type of leukemia that mainly affects people over the age of 50. The use of biologic markers has greatly increased the ability to diagnose, stage, choose treatments and give prognosis of this disease, making it a disease that many people can live with for many years. For more information and resources about this episode, visit: www.secondopinion-tv.org This APT medical series explores illnesses one at a time and features a panel of physicians and other experts assessing individual cases. Visit www.SecondOpinion-TV.org Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

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