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Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Study: Therapies for ALL and AML Targeting MER Receptor Hold Promise of More Effect With Less Side-effect

The protein receptor Mer is overexpressed in many leukemias, and that inhibition of this Mer receptor results in the death of leukemia cells - without affecting surrounding, healthy cells shows two studies by University of Colorado Cancer Center. The first study, published today in the journal iOncogene/i, worked with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), for which current chemotherapies offer a cure rate of only about 55 percent. "In about 2/3 of all AML ...


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