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Studies from Children's Cancer Research Institute update current data on leukemia in children

Published in Hematology Week, December 18th, 2006

Fresh data on leukemia are presented in the report "Leukemia-associated antigenic isoforms induce a specific immune response in children with T-ALL. The potential immunogenicity of acute lymphoblastic leukemia of the T cell (T-ALL), a small subgroup of childhood leukemia with increased risk for treatment failure and early relapse, was addressed by serological identification of leukemia-derived antigens by recombinant expression cloning (SEREX). Thirteen antigens with homology to known genes that are involved in critical cellular processes were detected," researchers in Vienna, Austria report.

"Further characterization of the 4 novel isoforms revealed that 3...

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