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*January-March 2008
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*Research News Archive for January-March 2008


*Aberdeen scientists make advance in understanding of common blood cancer
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Aberdeen University scientists, funded by leading UK blood cancer charity Leukaemia Research and Friends of ANCHOR, have made significant progress into understanding how non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), the sixth most common cancer in the UK, can avoid detection by the body's normal immune system.
Release date: 28 February 2008

*Cardiff scientists make breakthrough in search for cure for common blood cancer
*Dr Saman Hewamana - Cardiff University
Cardiff University researchers, funded by leading UK cancer charity Leukaemia Research, have made significant progress in developing a new treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), the most common leukaemia in adults in the UK.
Release date: 07 February 2008

*Stem cells which cause childhood leukaemia found
*Olivia and Isabella - the twins involved in the research
A breakthrough study of identical twins has for the first time confirmed the existence of cancer stem cells that cause the most common form of childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) – backing evidence that this childhood cancer starts in the womb. The research should lead to less aggressive treatment for childhood ALL and provides the hope of new, more effective drugs.
Release date: 16 January 2008

*Oxford scientists' discovery to aid cancer diagnosis
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A research team in Oxford has discovered the next piece in a genetic jigsaw involved in switching genes on and off, which may hold the key to improved diagnosis of non Hodgkin's lymphoma, the sixth most common cancer in the UK.
Release date: 2 January 2008


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