|  |  | Research News Archive for April - June 2003 |
 | SALISBURY £1.1 MILLION BOOST FOR LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH |
| |  | | People with a rare form of leukaemia are brought new hope as top Salisbury scientists are awarded £1.1 million by Leukaemia Research (LRF). | | Release date: 10th June 2003 |  |
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| £2.3 MILLION BOOST TO SOUTHAMPTON'S PIONEERING CANCER VACCINE RESEARCH |
| |  | | Southampton scientists have received a vital boost to their quest to develop DNA cancer vaccines for patients with leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. | | Release date: 10th June 2003 | |
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| RESEARCH WILL PUSH FORWARD FIGHT AGAINST LEUKAEMIA |
| |  | | A project which aims to make laboratory-grown leukaemia cells change form and then be used to prime a patient's own immune system to kill off malignant cells has begun in Edinburgh. If successful, the study could give clinicians a way of destroying residual leukaemic cells which are undetectable by microscope. The findings could be helpful in the treatment of acute myeloblastic leukaemia (AML), one of the most common forms of leukaemia in adults. | | Release date: 21st May 2003 | |
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| SCIENTISTS FIND THAT FOLIC ACID MAY REDUCE RISK OF CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA |
| |  | | Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, as part of the UK Childhood Cancer Study (UKCCS) (1) have shown that there may be a link between levels of folic acid available to the baby in the womb and leukaemia in children. | | Release date: 24th April 2003 | |
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| TALKING ABOUT LEUKAEMIA |
| |  | | Undergoing treatment for leukaemia can be a lonely experience. Whether you are in an isolation ward of a hospital having had chemotherapy or are at home finding it hard to sleep, many patients go through times of intense worry and isolation when they feel very much alone. | | Release date: 17th April 2003 | |
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| 'PROZAC KILLS CANCER CELLS' SCIENTISTS CLAIM |
| |  | | Top scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered that certain drugs, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) such as Fluoxetine - best known by the trade name Prozac - could be a possible therapy for some types of cancer known as lymphoma. | | Release date: 15th April 2003 | |
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| GLASGOW'S RESEARCH INTO LEUKAEMIA GETS NEW FUNDING BOOST |
| |  | | New research into why leukaemia cells are able to survive longer than they should could bring hope to patients with the disease. | | Release date: 14th April 2003 | |
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| Birmingham gets £120,000 for leukaemia research |
| |  | | Blood cells stuck at an immature stage of development are the subject of the latest Leukaemia Research grant to top Birmingham scientists. | | Release date: 9th April 2003 | |
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