Stubborn Leukemia Stem Cells Targeted By Combination Therapy

Posted by rob on May 20, 2010 under Uncategorized | Comments are off for this article

New research discovers a combination of drugs that may prove to be a more effective treatment for a lethal form of leukemia. The study, published by Cell Press in the May issue of the journal Cancer Cell, reports that the new therapeutic strategy effectively targets notoriously intractable leukemia stem cells that often escape standard treatment and are a main factor in disease relapse. Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a deadly form of leukemia that is associated with chromosome rearrangements that result in the expression of the BCR-ABL oncoprotein… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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