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UrduA St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital study lowered the rate of relapse for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Tag: Leukemia
Antibody eradicates leukemia stem cells
Now, in experiments in mice as well as isolated human cancer cells, UCLA researchers have discovered a way to eliminate the CML stem cells. Their approach uses an antibody to block a protein that the stem cells rely on to grow. The advance, described in a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, might eventually help treat not only chronic myelogenous leukemia but other cancers as well.
Leukemia: Not Just One Disease
An estimated 61,780 new cases of leukemia will be diagnosed in the United States this year. Although leukemias are thought to occur in childhood, they can actually present at any age in both children and adults.