News: leukaemia
Closing in on cure for common leukaemia

A groundbreaking leukaemia test can help identify patients who are strong candidates for lifelong treatment free remission (TFR) – meaning they are effectively cured of the disease.
Arthritis drug used to limit antibiotics in blood cancer patients

Researchers from the University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø and the Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands have repurposed an arthritis drug to restrict the use of antibiotics in the treatment of side effects caused by blood cancer, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
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Success for ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø-led medical research

The University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø has been awarded more than $8.8 million in research grants from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) to support targeted research on new ways to address risk factors for chronic and complex diseases.
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$1.62 million for rare cancer research

A University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø and SAHMRI study to test new treatments for a rare and neglected blood cancer, which has no known effective treatment, has been awarded $1,619,122 from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Major breakthrough for leukaemia treatment

An international clinical trial involving ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø researchers has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of a next-generation treatment for people with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML).
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Investment into incurable blood cancer research

University of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø-led cancer researchers have received $600,000 to help drive rapid advancements in treatments for the incurable blood cancer, myeloma.
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