Drug-carrying DNA aptamers can deliver a one-two punch to leukemia by precisely targeting the elusive cancer stem cells that seed cancer relapses, researchers report. The aptamers -- short ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered that increasing the levels of a protein called BACH2 makes ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A 9-year-old boy from Los Angeles is being thanked for potentially saving his father’s life by donating stem cells to help treat his leukemia. Stephen Mondek is the youngest ...

New research co-led by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists has exposed a vulnerability in acute myeloid leukemia by identifying the blood cancer's reliance on a specific signaling pathway ...

The Gift of Life, a nonprofit organization based in Boca Raton, connects patients with blood cancers and other diseases to ...

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New research co-led by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists has exposed a vulnerability in acute myeloid leukemia ...

In a groundbreaking proof-of-concept study, researchers at Cincinnati Children's report success at restoring healthy function ...

A graphic showing, top to bottom, how DNA aptamers target two specific markers on a leukemia stem cell’s surface, enter the cell and deliver anticancer drugs, resulting in death of the cancer cell.