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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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Head Ethics, Education & Policy in Stem Cell Science and Convener of Stem Cells Australia, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney
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PhD student in Biology, University of Rochester
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Scientific Director of the Kidscan Childrens Cancer Research Charity, University of Salford
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Senior Visiting Fellow, University of London
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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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PhD candidate (Paul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre), University of Glasgow
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Deputy Head, School of Medicine, Deakin University
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Clinical Haematologist and President-Elect, International Society for Cellular Therapy., University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer in Haematology, Immunolgy, Genetics and Evolution, University of Central Lancashire
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