[I brought up the subject of pets and CLL patients at the last Sacramento/Northern California CLL Patient's meeting in Sacramento in January. This is a good...
Nature Reviews Cancer 5, 84 (2005); doi:10.1038/nrc1562 IN THE NEWS Ready for the end? Nicola McCarthy A pilot study in America is investigating if the illegal...
[Newer techniques for growing embryonic stem cells seem to be called for, further delaying the availability of these cells for therapeutic use.] News Published...
Impact of chronic GvHD therapy on the development of squamous cell cancers after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: an international case-control study ...
Sun Can Show a Cancer Benefit Studies showed increased survival rates for melanoma, protection against type of lymphoma By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter ...
Sun Can Show a Cancer Benefit Studies showed increased survival rates for melanoma, protection against type of lymphoma By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter ...
[It is no coincidence that the biggest users were those with "pancreatic, liver, bone and brain cancers". These cancers are often killers, and inadequate...
[Fascinating, and quite a feat to 'manufacture' a virus that will attach only to cancer cells. Hats off to these researchers, and let's hope the technique can...
NEWS AND VIEWS Nature Cell Biology 7, 101 - 102 (2005) doi:10.1038/ncb0205-101 A mismatched role for Bcl-2 Nicholas B. La Thangue Nicholas B. La Thangue is in...
News summary: Source: http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/01/25/hscout5 23579.html New genetic technique can strengthen immune system to...
[Interesting results. Especially interesting to find out that these putative pluripotent stem cells don't grow into tumors, which embryonic stem cells...
[Disappointing delay. I hope it's nothing serious.] Xcyte Therapies, Inc. Announces Withdrawal Of Protocol for Phase II/III Clinical Trial in Chronic...
[Two more articles on the delay. May or may not be serious. However, results from safety tests in phase I seemed to be positive. The drug is pretty much...
[CLL is mentioned here and I guess the point is that sun exposure may reduce the risk for CLL, though that isn't totally clear in this account. BTW, I live in...
British Journal of Haematology Volume 128 Issue 4 Page 472 - February 2005 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05346.x Research Paper Differential control of G0...
From Roswell Cancer Institute New help for mouth sores Chemotherapy patients who suffer the common side effect mucositis— debilitating and painful sores in...
[Important article. Here's an excerpt: "A recent article in the radiology literature describes how patients are generally not informed about the potential...
Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online February 3, 2005; DOI 10.1182/blood-2004-07-2713. Submitted July 15, 2004 Accepted January 25, 2005 A novel CDK...
[Question raised here is an interesting one - Will bone marrow donors risked being vaccinated themselves to provide a more effective stem cell donation? I'd...
[The NIH spends a lot of money paying for medical research. In other words, you and I pay for it. It's only fair to get the information we pay for out there...
[These early reports are encouraging. Cord blood transplants have advantages - and disadvantages. The principal disadvantage appears to be the lack of a...
Anticancer Res. 2004 Sep-Oct;24(5A):2783-840. Role of resveratrol in prevention and therapy of cancer: preclinical and clinical studies. Aggarwal BB, Bhardwaj...
I have been researching food allergies the past few days because I suspect that's what's causing my overactive bladder. I've already ruled out prostate...
Circles Of DNA Might Help Predict Success Of Stem Cell Transplantation 2/7/2005 Source: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Measuring the quantity of a...
High-Dose Corticosteroid Therapy Reversibly Impairs Long-Term Memory BY Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Feb 04 - Acute high-dose therapy with ...
J Pathol. 2005 Feb 1; [Epub ahead of print] Immunohistochemical analysis of ZAP-70 expression in B-cell lymphoid neoplasms. Carreras J, Villamor N, Colomo L,...
Med Pregl. 2004;57 Suppl 1:65-8. [Pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with hematological malignancies] [Article in Serbian] Adzic T. Institut za plucne bolesti...
Br J Haematol. 2005 Feb;128(4):460-71. Unique gene expression and clinical characteristics are associated with the 11q23 deletion in chronic lymphocytic...
Br J Haematol. 2005 Feb;128(4):472-81. Differential control of G programme in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: a novel prognostic factor. Danilov AV, Klein AK,...