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*Research News Archive for October - December 2009


*Southampton researchers make breakthrough in most common type of leukaemia
*Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research
Researchers at the University of Southampton have announced exciting progress in the understanding of how the genetic makeup of patients with leukaemia can affect how they respond to treatment.
Release date: 08 Dec 2009

*Scientists create model of a blood disorder
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UK scientists have generated the first mouse model of 5q- syndrome, a human blood disorder, demonstrating the feasibility of creating chromosomal deletions in mice in order to study the genetic origins of such conditions.
Release date: 23 Nov 2009

*Scientists solve 100-year cancer puzzle
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A rare case of a mother and her infant developing the exact same cancer has allowed an international team of researchers to solve a puzzle that has perplexed scientists and clinicians for a century.
Release date: 12 October 2009

*New targeted radiotherapy treatment offers hope to cancer patients
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A clinical trial funded by Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research is transforming treatment for patients with multiple myeloma, who are receiving a new form of radiotherapy that only targets cancer cells without damaging healthy organs. The promising results of this and other new treatments for patients with blood cancers will be presented to the NCRI Cancer Conference in Birmingham today.
Release date: 06 October 2009


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