Fatal attraction: How leukemia seduces blood cells
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 16:35
in Biology & Nature
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Leukemia cells use powerful chemical signals to lure healthy blood-forming stem cells into their cancerous lairs, where they lose their power to make healthy blood cells, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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