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- adjective Characteristic of, or associated with
leukaemia
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Examples
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If we can take skin cells from them and turn them into healthy blood, the product could outcompete the leukaemic cells, Bhatia told the Guardian.
The Guardian World News Ian Sample 2010
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Us being able to take skin cells and convert them into healthy blood, specifically adult blood, would provide a great substitute product to hopefully out-compete those leukaemic cells.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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When beta-catenin was completely inactivated in mice with pre-leukaemic cells, the animals did not develop cancer despite carrying all the necessary MLL mutations.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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If we can take skin cells from them and turn them into healthy blood, the product could outcompete the leukaemic cells, Bhatia told the Guardian.
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Suppressing this protein delayed the onset of cancer, slowed down cancer growth, and reversed leukaemic stem cells to a pre-cancerous stage.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The researchers showed in mice how "normal" stem cells could become leukaemic stem cells and induce cancer.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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By suppressing a protein in the blood, the team at King's College London transformed leukaemic stem cells back into ordinary ones without cancerous features.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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In patients with very sensitive leukaemic cells, therapy could be reduced without loss of efficacy.
Naturejobs - All Jobs G Escherich 2010
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They also managed to "re-sensitise" the most aggressive leukaemic stem cells, which had become resistant to treatment, so they responded to anti-cancer drugs.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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People with MLL have leukaemic stem cells which are part-way along the path to being cancerous white blood cells, although not all of them reach this stage.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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