Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 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) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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