Breakthrough Leukemia Treatment Backfires in a Rare Case

The patient who died had B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia that had relapsed several times after standard treatments, and was being treated at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The university declined to say when he was treated, to protect patient privacy. But the study he joined enrolled patients from August 2011 until September 2016. Once he… Read More »

GBBO vegan baking special: dark chocolate tart on a nut, cardamon and coconut butter crust

To keep up with our Great British Bake Off addiction, Olivier Sanchez shares one of his favourite vegan tart recipes in the lead up to GBBO’s vegan week. And it’s also gluten free  This recipe is so easy to make and it is free from refined sugars, wheat flour, and dairy; and requires barely any… Read More »

2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to 2 Cancer Immunotherapy Researchers

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on Monday to James P. Allison of the United States and Tasuku Honjo of Japan for their work on unleashing the body’s immune system to attack cancer, a breakthrough that has led to an entirely new class of drugs and brought lasting remissions to many patients… Read More »