Genetic Variant linked to Increased Risk of Leukemia in Hispanic/Latino Children
Keck School of Medicine of USC via News-Medical – Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer, disproportionately affects children of Hispanic/Latino origin in the United States. They are 30-40%…
Leukemia Cure? Patient Still Cancer-Free 11 Years After Innovative Treatment
Lorie Johnson via CBN News – Doug Olson may be 75 years old, but he feels great. He’s still cancer-free 11 years after he potentially faced death from a blood cancer…
White Blood Cells May Be Harnessed to Boost Cancer Immunotherapy
Jon Schiller via Israel21c – White blood cells called Eosinophils can be “summoned” in order to fight cancer by both destroying the cancer cells directly as well as recruiting the immune…
White Blood Cells Can Help Destroy Cancer Cells – Israeli Study
Jerusalem Post Staff via Jerusalem Post– A type of white blood cells known as eosinophils can help the body fight cancer, and are used to fight cancer metastasis (cancer cells breaking away…
Countering Stress-Induced Immune Suppression with Diet
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – How might we improve immune function in children and adults under physical or psychological stress? “Natural immunomodulators”—compounds that might regulate our immune systems naturally—”are getting more and more popular. The popularity, however,…
Zinc Deficiency May Be Considered as a Risk Factor for Infectious Diseases
Sechenov University via EurekAlert – Researchers from Sechenov University in collaboration with colleagues from Germany, Greece and Russia reviewed scientific articles on the role of zinc in the prevention and treatment…
