A breakthrough therapy is driving aggressive leukaemia into remission. Here’s what the headlines don’t tell you about life after treatment.
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More 9/11 responders died from physical and mental health issues after the terrorist attacks than on the day itself. And survivors are still suffering 20 years later.
What do stats really mean in the real world? Here’s an example from leukaemia research to help you identify if a result really is important.
CAR-T is a powerful new immunotherapy for treating leukaemia. We need to build on it to attack other, harder-to-treat cancers.
Improvements in survival rates for acute myeloid leukaemia have failed to keep pace with other leukaemias. That may be about to change.
The gene therapy CTL019 induced complete remission in 90% of patients.
Blood is perhaps the most important window through which we can peer into a person’s health or illness.
Stem cell science continues to offer great promise. But a growing number of clinics are selling treatments without evidence that what they offer is effective – or even safe.
An independent expert provides his pick of the most notable drugs added to the PBS on May 1, 2017.
A new data portal bypasses the big data bottleneck to find targeted therapies for leukaemia.
Childhood deaths from cancer have decreased by nearly 40% in the past 15 years in Australia. But some types of childhood cancer have shown little improvement.
For the revolutionary Frantz Fanon it was not enough to celebrate the achievements of decolonisation. It was necessary to educate, to strain at the limits of national freedom and to provoke debate.
A toddler from London has had gene therapy for leukaemia and it seems to have worked. But why have breakthroughs taken so long?
Chemotherapy is one of the most important treatments for all types of cancer. It involves the use of drugs that kill abnormally multiplying cells. The therapy uses one or more drugs in combination and…
New research has found there are no links between mobile phone technology and health problems such as cancer. The 11-year…
Researchers have identified genes that underlie the growth of primitive leukemia stem cells – and used the new genetic signature…
Just two CT (computed tomography) scans of the head in childhood can triple the risk of brain cancer in later life, and as few as five to 10 scans can triple the risk of leukaemia, a study has found. But…
A chip focussing cells in a single stream to create three-dimensional images of that cell promises greater diagnostic speed…
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Clinical Haematologist and President-Elect, International Society for Cellular Therapy., University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Biomedical Science (Cancer biology), University of East London
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Director, Nephrology and Kidney Care Services, Melbourne Health
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Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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PhD candidate (Paul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre), University of Glasgow
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Aberdeen
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PhD student in Biology, University of Rochester
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Professor and Head of Research, Cancer Council Queensland
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Research Associate (Institute of Cancer Sciences), University of Glasgow
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Scientific Director of the Kidscan Childrens Cancer Research Charity, University of Salford
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Post-Doctoral Researcher, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Haematology, Immunolgy, Genetics and Evolution, University of Lancashire
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University