Cantharidin isolated from Mylabris caraganae and other insects is used traditionally as an anti-cancer drug especially on hepatoma and leukaemia. Previously, we demonstrated that the novel synthetic cantharidin analogue CAN 032 possessed apoptotic activity on two human hepatoma cell lines Hep3B hepatocellular carcinoma and SK-Hep-1 liver adenocarcinoma. However, its underlying mechanistic actio...

The characteristics of cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with cell proliferation and differentiation is important to understand malignancy. In this report we characterise a leukemic model, D5A1, to study the action of differentiation agent, cellular events and gene expression of the selected transcription factors. Cells induced with 4 mM hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA) caused signs...

The optimum approach to congenital leukaemia is unclear. Results of treatment are generally discouraging and palliation is offered to many. The successful treatment of an infant with congenital leukaemia is reported.

background: recently, the anti cancer effect of chromene derivatives in different cell types has been reported. in this study, we report some derivatives of dihydropyrano[c]chromenes with growth inhibitory and apoptotic activity against k562, chronic myeloid leukaemia (cml). methods: the cells were seeded in 96-well plates at 1×105 cells/well and treated with different concentrations of the dih...

BACKGROUND e-learning resources may be beneficial for complex or conceptually difficult topics. Leukaemia is one such topic, yet there are no reports on the efficacy of e-learning for leukaemia. This study compared the learning impact on senior medical students of a purpose-built e-learning module on leukaemia, compared with existing online resources. METHODS A randomised controlled trial was...

The leucocytes of the blood of normal individuals and of patients showing a marked polymorphonuclear leucocytosis contain enzymes capable of digesting coagulated blood serum in neutral, alkaline or acid solutions. The cells in pus that is composed principally of polymorphonuclear leucocytes and the leucocytes of the circulating blood in myelogeneous leukaemia contain similar proteolytic enzymes...

Abstract An adult, mixed-breed, feline leukaemia virus (FeLV-) positive female cat was presented with mucosal jaundice and a history of anorexia constipation for three days. Physical examination revealed splenomegaly, cachexia, dehydration. Humane euthanasia conducted, followed by postmortem examination. Grossly, the icteric, hepatomegaly multifocal white spots splenomegaly. Histologically, bon...

8 Reiffers J, Goldman J, Meloni G, Cahn JY, Gratwohl A. Autologous stem cell transplantation in chronic myelogenous leukaemia: A retrospective analysis of the European Group of Bone Marrow Transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplanl1994; 14:407-10. 9 Coulombel L, Kalousek DK, Eaves CJ, Gupta CM, Eaves AC. Long term marrow culture reveals chromosomally normal haematopoietic progenitor cells in patie...

The outcome in children with acute leukaemia with (n = 90) and without Down's syndrome (n = 4377) was compared. Sixty three (70%) of those with Down's syndrome had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and in comparison with 3664 (84%) controls had similar prognostic features except for a significant excess of the 'common' immunological subtype of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. The outcome of the child...

This paper describes an ecological study investigating whether there is an excess incidence of acute leukaemia among children aged 0-14 years living in the vicinity of the nuclear sites in Belgium. Poisson regression modelling was carried out for proximity areas of varying sizes. In addition, the hypothesis of a gradient in leukaemia incidence with increasing levels of surrogate exposures was e...