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Halifax nurse marks fulfilment of lifelong dream
Tori Sabean spent years at the Halifax hospital after being diagnosed with leukemia as a child. Now she's working on the same floor where she was once a patient. The CBC's Carolyn Ray shares her story.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7199830?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories 3d ago

Halifax nurse works on the same floor where she was once a patient
Tori Sabean spent years at the Halifax hospital after being diagnosed with leukemia as a child. Now she's working on the same floor where she was once a patient. The CBC's Carolyn Ray shares her story.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7199830?cmp=rss

Summarized Science May 6

🩸 Leukemia - Apr 2026

• High CD81 expression linked to AML treatment resistance
• Pediatric AML outcomes improve with refined risk stratification
• TCR therapy targeting Cathepsin G shows strong cytotoxicity in AML
• MYB activity drives enhancer activation in leukemia

https://pir.sh/mq2dpKK1l4

#Leukemia #Hematology #Biology

Leukemia Research Summary April 2026 - Summarized Science

Summary of key Leukemia publications highlighting major findings, clinical relevance, and emerging research trends.

RDN May 1

A retrospective study of over 800,00 children born between 2007 and 2020, and followed until age 15, found that the incidence of childhood leukemia was associated, in a dose-responsive manner, with the proximity of gas stations to their birth location.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-gas-station-childhood-cancer.html

Original paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749126001077

#Science #Gasoline #Benzene #Cancer #Leukemia #Pollution #GasStations #ChildhoodCancer

Living near a gas station raises childhood cancer risk, study shows

Childhood cancers are devastating. Even when the disease is not fatal, its long-term effects can be severe. Not enough is known about the risk factors. "Research suggests that only 5% to 10% of childhood cancers are attributable solely to genetics, while the rest are due to other factors, particularly environmental ones," explained Stéphane Buteau, a professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health in the School of Public Health at Université de Montréal.

Phys.org

Education & Knowledge Apr 28

A New Way to Stop Leukemia

https://tube.blueben.net/w/sAqHEyciKKDC7ee2ej9c3A

A New Way to Stop Leukemia

PeerTube

Viral Trend Daily Apr 25

This is not only a hopeful health story, but also a reminder of how disruptive pediatric cancer treatment can be for entire families. Local reporting says Axel’s family had to move within Kentucky to stay close to treatment.
#ChildhoodCancer #Leukemia #Remission #FamilySupport #Hope #Kentucky

Knowledge Zone Apr 18

#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of George H. Hitchings (1905). He received 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on #Chemotherapy and development of the two first successful chemotherapy drugs for the treatment of children with #Leukemia.

Today is International Day For #Monuments and Sites.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

Mog Apr 15

For anyone curious as to why I've been particularly quiet, I've been getting unexplained joint pain and asthma problems. And as is typical of your Mog, the more I suffer the more I withdraw.

It's hard not to worry given joint pain was my primary symptom of #leukemia . I worry about becoming a hypochondriac...

So please, all I ask is patience while I try to sort my body and my head.