Study points way to development of drugs for deadly childhood leukemia

Monday, December 14, 2009 - 15:56 in Health & Medicine

MAYWOOD, Il. -- A new study could point the way to the development of better drugs to fight a deadly form of childhood leukemia called mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL). The study will help researchers in their search for what could be the first highly effective drug for MLL. Such a drug would work by disabling a protein that turns normal blood cells into cancer cells. Link:  http://www.luhs.org ...

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