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 ...

Tracking how cancer cells develop in real time How these differences in the genome and in epigenetic control arise in cells, and how they are passed on to their daughter and granddaughter cells, has ...

A hidden structure inside the cell is rewriting how scientists understand leukemia. Beneath the microscope, what looked like disorder turned out to follow a simple physical rule – one that connects ...

Cancer cells are relentless in their quest to grow and divide, often rewiring their metabolism and modifying RNA to stay one step ahead. Now, researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive ...

The Mirkin Research Group, led by chemistry Prof. Chad Mirkin, developed a new nanomedicine that eradicated leukemia from cancer cells 64 times more in mice than current medication, and 20,000 times ...

A new study has revealed that a “common” ingredient found in a string of popular energy drinks could elevate the risk of blood cancers. US researchers have found that taurine, an amino acid often ...

A small group of patients with an otherwise incurable form of T‑cell leukemia have seen their cancer driven into remission by an innovative form of immune therapy. For families facing a disease that ...