Leukemia like Achilles, has its own weakness
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
Leukemia cells from patients suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia, especially in the advanced stage, lack one of the proteins: the famous BRCA1. Importantly, the protein is not present even if the patient carries the proper, not mutated gene responsible for BRCA1 production.