New targeted therapy finds and eliminates deadly leukemia stem c...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Wed, 07/01/2009 - 22:00

(Cell Press) 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, published by Cell Press in the July 2 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 leukemia.

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