Monday 21 January 2013

New Insights On Leukemia From Study Of Cancer Cell Metabolism

University of Rochester Medical Center scientists have proposed a new reason why acute myeloid leukemia, one of the most aggressive cancers, is so difficult to cure: a subset of cells that drive the disease appear to have a much slower metabolism than most other tumors cells. The slower metabolism protects leukemia cells in many important ways and allows them to survive better - but the team also found an experimental drug tailored to this unique metabolic status and has begun testing its ability to attack the disease, URMC researchers report in the online edition of Cell Stem Cell... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..

No comments:

Post a Comment