SCIENCE NEWS Scientists Find New Leukemia Gene Risk Factors Researchers have found four new genetic variants that increase the risk of contracting one of the major forms of leukemia, confirming that risk factors for the fatal blood cancer can be inherited. [The European Association for Cancer Research, Nottingham] Leukemia Vaccine Being Developed A vaccine treatment for Leukemia can be used to stop the disease returning after chemotherapy or bone marrow transplant. [King’s College London, London] Johns Hopkins Researchers Say Vaccine Appears to “Mop Up” Leukemia Cells Gleevec Leaves Behind Preliminary studies show that a vaccine made with leukemia cells may be able to reduce or eliminate the last remaining cancer cells in some chronic myeloid leukemia patients taking the drug Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec). [Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore] China Surpasses Canada in Stem Cell Advances Scientists in China, many of them trained at North American and European universities, published 1,116 articles on stem cells in international peer-reviewed journals in 2008, up from just 37 papers in 2000, says a team at the University of Toronto documenting China’s aggressive bid to become a major player in regenerative medicine. [University of Toronto, Toronto]
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