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Leukaemia Stem Cells Found
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.
Promising New Anti-Cancer Drug Targets Malignant Melanoma Protein
Research published today by scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research shows that a protein found to be damaged and therefore overactive in 70% of cases of malignant melanoma - the most deadly form of skin cancer - can be targeted by the promising new anti-cancer drug 17AAG.