New Targeted Therapy Finds And Eliminates Deadly Leukemia Stem Cells
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 23:35
in Biology & Nature
New research describes a molecular tool that shows great promise as a therapeutic for human acute myeloid leukemia, a notoriously treatment-resistant blood cancer. The study describes exciting preclinical studies in which a new therapeutic approach selectively attacks human cancer cells grown in the lab and in animal models of leukemia.
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