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  • 30/08/2006

leukaemia breakthrough: A study by a team of scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital in Boston, USA, shows that cancer stem cells are different from normal blood stem cells. Led by Scott Armstrong, the team suggests that targeting these cells would be an effective way to treat leukaemia. Stem cells can develop into any kind of cell and it was earlier believed that malfunction in these cells leads to leukaemia. The disease is caused by the bone marrow producing white blood cells in excess.

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