New targeted therapy finds and eliminates deadly leukaemia stem cells
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 20:42
in Biology & Nature
New research describes a molecular tool that shows great promise as a therapeutic for human acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer. The study, published by Cell Press in the 2nd July issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, describes exciting preclinical studies in which a new therapeutic approach selectively attacks human cancer cells grown in the lab and in animal models of leukaemia...
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