Key to fighting drug-resistant leukemia discovered
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
A team of scientists has uncovered the basis for drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer. Targeting this protein may be the key to fighting drug-resistant leukemia, a discovery that may make cancer drugs more powerful and help doctors formulate powerful drug cocktails to cure more children of leukemia.