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Re: A lack of iron in the blood kills human leukemia stem cells

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Wonderful to hear. Thanks for that info. I think maybe would be a

better direction possibly. I wonder if that would then be considered

a type of immunotherapy which has made such great advances with other

cancers.

--- In , " Gilles Cousineau " <cousineaugilles@...>

wrote:

>

> Hi,

>

> A recent study in France (Professor Hermine) discover that stem

cells

> are more sensitive then normal cells to a lack of iron. They will

try

> to produce antibodies that prevent the entrance of iron in the

cells.

> They hope that these antibodies will target the stem cells.

>

> Some news of France (from the France Fondation):

> ''Or il se trouve que l'un des éléments essentiels à la croissance

> des cellules est le fer : faute de fer, elles dépérissent, les CSL

> (cellules souches leucémiques) semblant plus sensibles encore que

les

> cellules saines à cette privation.

> L'équipe du professeur Hermine a réussi à mettre au point un

> anticorps qui empêche l'entrée du fer dans les cellules. Avec l'aide

> de la Fondation de France, elle espère bien parvenir à faire en

sorte

> que cet anticorps agisse directement sur les CSL, avec à moyen terme

> l'espoir de mettre au point une thérapie efficace contre la

leucémie,

> thérapie qui serait de surcroît bien moins douloureuse que la

> chimiothérapie.''

> This text was extracted from this site:

> http://www.fdf.org/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?page_id=297

>

> Regards,

>

> Gilles Cousineau (age 54)

> Montreal, Canada

>

> dxd (Essential thrombocytemia) August 2004

> Treated with Hydrea and Agrylin

> High Platelet count(1400000)

>

> dxd (CML ) June 2005

> Treated with Gleevec (400mg)

>

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