Aggressive Leukemia Hijack Normal Protein to Grow (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Aggressive Leukemia Hijack Normal Protein to Grow

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Knockdown of normal MLL gene in human leukemia cells reduces leukemic infiltration in mouse bone marrow (left), compared with heavy leukemic infiltration in marrow from leukemia cells with normal MLL gene (right). Arrows denote leukemic cells.

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Peter Blessington, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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