UC San Diego researchers identify factor boosting leukaemia's aggressiveness

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) cells survive and thrive not just by their own innate wiles, but by also acquiring aid and support from host cells in their surrounding environment. In a paper published online this week in The Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers led by cancer specialists at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Moores UCSD Cancer Centre identify a particular relationship that can promote notably aggressive leukaemias and lymphomas...

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