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Studies from South Korea, People's Republic of China and Germany describe new findings in leukemia research

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, August 3rd, 2006

Investigators in South Korea, People's Republic of China and Germany have published new leukemia data.

Study 1: Researchers in South Korea have reported that deletion of any part of the BCR or ABL gene on the derivative chromosome 9 is a poor prognostic marker in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).

"To evaluate the prognostic significance of submicroscopic deletions of the ABL or BCR gene associated with t(9;22) in chronic myelogous leukemia (CML), we investigated the incidence of an ABL or BCR deletion on derivative chromosome 9 using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)," wrote Y.K. Lee and colleagues, Sungkyunkwan University.

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