Leukemia

A revolutionary treatment of cancer that could stop the disease from ever coming back will soon become widely available, scientists said yesterday.

According to Sky News, US scientists developed a new cancer drug which offers hope of a lasting cure.

More than nine out of ten participants with a severe form of leukaemia saw their symptoms completely vanish.

Turkey?s Health Ministry has requested the removal of an advertisement by the Foundation for Children with Leukemia (LÖSEV) that runs on TVs as a public service ad from the country?s media watchdog.

Hellas Verona defender Vangelis Moras is in Australia to donate bone marrow to his older brother Dimitris, who has leukemia.

The transplant will take place on Saturday.

Dimitris flew to Australia in March to visit his cousins but fell ill a week after his arrival, and was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.