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Archive for the ‘Leukemia’ Category

May 4th, 2008

Leukemia - risk of which patients could relapse, identified

(Photo courtesy www.leukemia101.com) 
Researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center may have discovered a better way to distinguish acute leukemia patients who require aggressive treatment to prevent recurrence from those who need only standard therapy for cure.
About 13,300 new cases of AML and 8,200 deaths from the disease are expected this year in the […]

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January 20th, 2008

Childhood leukemia culprit found in twin girl

Embryonic stem cell 
A study of twin four year old girls has identified a rogue cell as a culprit in childhood leukemia.
Both twins were found to have the “pre-leukemic” cells in their bone marrow, although, to date, only one has developed leukemia. Researchers found they both have “pre-leukemic stem cells” containing a mutated gene, which forms when […]

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