Dendritic Cells Make Leukemia Grow (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Dendritic Cells Make Leukemia Grow

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T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer that strikes primarily in childhood, can only survive and grow when sent a signal from neighboring cells called dendritic cells (shown in green) in the tumor's nearby environment.

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University of Texas at Austin

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