Clinical trials for leukemia treatments are being done all over the US, and other countries as well. New methods are being developed, and researches lead to promising treatments in the future. Patients are of great help when they join the studies to have new treatments tested on them. Doctors get to learn more about cancer [...]
A drug used to treat multiple sclerosis, Mitoxantrone an immunosuppressant has been found to heighten the risks of contracting leukemia as a side effect. The drug has been approved by the FDA and the side-effect is due to new research onto the interaction of the drug and the body’s response to it. High dosage of [...]
A newly discovered cancer-causing protein has been found to lessen the effectivity of the drug is now the target of researchers who are trying to block the said protein. This enhances the ability of Imatinib to treat leukemia making the targeting drug’s work easier and better. Proven to be effective against chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), [...]
Image Source: www.upload.wikimedia.org The term leukemia refers to cancers of the white blood cells, which are also referred to as leukocytes or WBCs. When a child has leukemia, large numbers of abnormal white blood cells are produced in the bone marrow. These abnormal white cells crowd the bone marrow and flood the bloodstream, but they [...]