How a drug to treat acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is degraded
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 05:21
in Health & Medicine
L-Asparaginase is one of the key drugs used to treat children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). However, some children fail to achieve therapeutic levels of L-asparaginase after receiving the drug. The mechanisms underlying such therapeutic failure are not well defined...