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It looks like your mother was on to something when she said, "Eat your vegetables!" A concentrated form of a compound called sulforaphane found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables has been shown to reduce the number of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells in the lab setting, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine. The findings appear in the current edition of PLOS ONE. "Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a type of cancer of the white blood cells common in children," said Dr....

Study will lead to new approaches in the treatment of pediatric cancers A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed the first "theranostic" agent for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ALL is the most common type of childhood cancer diagnosed in approximately 5,000 new cases each year in the United States. The findings provide insight into pediatric oncology that specifically focuses on the development of "theranostic"...

DALLAS, Texas, November 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The report "Leukemia Therapeutics Market (Acute/Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia & Acute/Chronic Myeloid Leukemia) Pipeline Assessment & Global Market Forecast (2010 - 2020)" analyzes and studies the major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities in North America, & Europe. Browse market data tables and in-depth TOC on Leukemia Therapeutics Market (Acute/Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia & Acute/Chronic...

Findings could lead to less invasive treatments for acute lymphoblastic leukemiaA team of researchers from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal have defined for the first time the mechanism behind three cancer-causing genes in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Published in the journal Genes and Development, the findings offer insight on the complex interaction between the genes and their contributions to leukemia, thereby providing the...