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An ounce of prevention: does breastfeeding protect against childhood cancer?

September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 Big Data, breast milk, Breastfeeding, Cancer, Childhood Cancer, children, leukemia

Learning that your child has cancer might seem like a nightmare, but this year, the American Cancer Society projects that it will become a reality

From The Labs

Baylor College of Medicine recognizes research excellence with DeBakey Awards

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 Autism, DeBakey Research Awards, evolutionary fitness, gene evolution, genome instability, hematopoietic stem cells, leukemia, Neuroscience, nonhuman primate genomics, Obesity, Research

Six Baylor College of Medicine faculty members were selected as recipients of the 2023 Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award.

Microscopy image of purple leukemia cells amongst healthy pink cells

From The Labs

Promising approach to mitigate complications of leukemia treatment

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 alloimmune defense receptor, bone marrow transplant, CAR T cells, GvH disease, leukemia, leukemia treatment complications, Research

The findings support further assessing this approach to treat aggressive blood cancers and ultimately improve outcomes in patients.

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Solving the mystery of NPM1 in acute myeloid leukemia

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 leukemia, NPM1, Research

Although it has long been recognized that mutations of gene NPM1 play an important role in acute myeloid leukemia, no one has determined how the normal