Approach enlists immune system to fight leukemia
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 20:14
in Health & Medicine
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Leukemia patients may be able to avoid developing resistance to the drug Gleevec through a mathematical formula that predicts when they should receive an immune-boosting vaccine, researchers said on Thursday.
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