CBS 60 Minutes newsman Ed Bradley lost his life to leukemia on November 9, 2006. And ever since news of his death reached the world, reactions have been overwhelming — and like nothing correspondent Lesley Stahl has even seen. “I’ve been around here a long time and there was a quality of reaction from the public that [...]
Arsenic trioxide sold under the brand name Trisenox, is approved for patients with a rare leukemia named acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). APL is a form of acute myeloid leukemia, about 1,500 people are diagnosed every year with this rare disease. Standard treatment involves chemotherapy and a form of vitamin A — alltrans retinoic acid. This therapy helps about [...]
University ofMichigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researcherscan accurately predict, one week after a bone marrow transplant, which patients will develop graft vs. host disease,GVHD, a serious and deadly complication where the body rejects the new bone marrow, by measuring the level of a proteincalled tumor necrosis factor, TNF, a trigger for inflammation. TNF is elevated in patients who [...]