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Close to a non-white nuclear power plant
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Close to a non-white nuclear power plant

Large-scale research results by British scientists, published September 13, show that children living near nuclear power plants are not at risk for leukemia.

December 14, 2018
4-year-old girl has green skin
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4-year-old girl has green skin

Dong Dong girl (4 years old) living in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, China suffers from acute leukemia, 10 months ago she had just completed blood cell transplant surgery.

December 14, 2018
Miraculous death through HIV virus
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Miraculous death through HIV virus

Novartis is betting $ 20 million on a strange cancer treatment. Although hard to believe, it seems that this therapy saved a 6-year-old girl in the United States, the Ne…

December 14, 2018
New drugs treat leukemia rarely in humans
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New drugs treat leukemia rarely in humans

The drug, called Bosulif, produced by Pfizer Inc, is used to treat chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), a blood and bone marrow cancer that often affects older people.

December 14, 2018
Korea prepares new drugs to treat leukemia
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Korea prepares new drugs to treat leukemia

According to the Korean news network, a country's pharmaceutical company first developed a new drug capable of treating leukemia in Asia.

December 14, 2018
Leukemia is caused by genes
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Leukemia is caused by genes

Three mutant groups of genes cause acute myeloid leukemia, a form of leukemia, that has been discovered by scientists.

December 14, 2018
4-year-old boy looks like a coral reef
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4-year-old boy looks like a coral reef

The boy Li Shenghan, 4 years old in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, northeastern China suffers from a strange disease that causes many small pimples throughout his body. He…

December 14, 2018
Announcing method to reverse leukemia
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Announcing method to reverse leukemia

Scientists at the Royal College of London, UK, have published a report on how to reverse leukemia caused by the MLL gene.

December 14, 2018
Vitamin D deficiency makes leukemia worse
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Vitamin D deficiency makes leukemia worse

People with leukemia have 66% higher vitamin D deficiency, and the risk of death is more than twice that of other normal patients.

December 14, 2018
X-rays and leukemia
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X-rays and leukemia

High-dose X-ray radiation may increase the risk of developing leukemia in children, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's S…

December 14, 2018