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SWG AML Annual Scientific MeetingThe most recent SWG AML Annual Scientific Meeting took place during the annual EHA Congress in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia by activation of patient's immune cells by a bispecific antibody.

 

Abstract S722
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia  (ALL) is a rare type of blood cancer which is mainly treated by intensive chemotherapy.

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EHA-RHS-ROHS Hematology Tutorial on Real World Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnostics and Management of Onco-hematological Patients Today

Dates: April 12-13, 2019
Location: Moscow, Russia
Chairs: P Sonneveld, I Poddubnaya, E Parovichnikova

Goal of the meeting
This 1,5 day meeting focuses on the most vital practical issues in oncohematology to teach the participants the appropriate and effective ways to use all the variety…

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Gdf -11 a new target to improve anemia in thalassemia.

 

β-thalassemias are characterized by ineffective red blood cell (RBC) production, leading to anemia, iron overload, and organ failure. As current treatment options for β-thalassemia are limited, there is a clear unmet need for alternative therapies.

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HARMONY Alliance: 2nd General Assembly, October 23-24, 2017

The 2nd HARMONY General Assembly is organised from 23-24 October 2017 at Bayer in Berlin. The HARMONY Alliance is a European Network of Excellence for Big Data in Hematology, consisting of 51 partners.

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The European Parliament adopts the Regulation on Substances of Human Origins (SoHO)

On April 24, the European Parliament gave its final endorsement to the regulation on Substances of Human Origin (SoHO).

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Immunotherapy delivered by Blinatumomab improves survival in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients

Adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can achieve disease control in 90% of cases with intense chemotherapy but only half of these responders will be cured.

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2018’s Sjöberg Prize awarded for unique treatment that cures a once fatal cancer

Dr. Zhu Chen, Dr. Anne Dejean and Dr. Hugues de Thé will be awarded the Sjöberg Prize 2018 for their work on how acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) could be cured based on arsenic and retinoic acid.

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