To print this page click the PRINT icon on your browser.

This page represents a printable version of the following page:
http://www.lrf.org.uk/en/1/resnewsarchq42008.html
Leukaemia Research Fund
*news
**
*October - December 2008
**
**
*
*Research News Archive for October - December 2008


*Cardiac Disease After Chemotherapy For Cancer
*-
There have been reports in newspapers and broadcasts of the decision of a teenage girl to refuse a heart transplant, to treat heart disease described as a consequence of treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Leukaemia Research does not have any comment on this specific case, other than to offer our best wishes to the young lady and her family.
Release date: 11 Nov 2008

*Leukaemia Research’s response to DNA sequencing of acute myeloid leukaemia
*-
In a report in Nature*, US scientists describe how they have applied new technology to finding mutations in leukaemia cells. They sequenced the complete genome of leukaemia cells and healthy cells from the same woman.
Release date: 07 November 2008

*Fundraisers meet scientists at London Open Day
*London Open Day
Leukaemia Research thanks everyone who attended the London Open Day on Saturday 4 October at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, whose enthusiasm made the event both informative and enjoyable for all involved.
Release date: 8 October 2008

Registered charity 216032. ©Leukaemia Research Fund 2008