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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Progress toward a targeted therapy for a specific form of leukemia
May 2nd, 2007
Leukemia, or cancer of the bone marrow, strikes some 700 Belgians each year. Scientists are still searching for the cause of many forms of leukemia, including T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or T-ALL. Now, VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have identified a new player in the development of some 10% of the T-ALL cases: MYB. The scientists have discovered that patients in this group have a duplication of the MYB gene, which increases MYB concentrations. Further research has indicated that MYB might well be an important target for therapies for this group of T-ALL patients. T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) ...
Source: Biotech Week (2007-05-02)
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