How is leukemia turned on?

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For the inquiring mind.................

" Scientists from the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute at the

University of Cambridge studied a gene called JAK2 which is faulty in many cases

of leukaemia - but until now its role was not clear.

" They discovered that if JAK2 is faulty, the cell's meticulously controlled

message system 'short circuits'. As a result many genes are switched on and off

inappropriately and a completely new cell signalling route by which leukaemia

can develop is turned on. " Blood / Hematology; Cancer / Oncology

Article Date: 29 Sep 2009 - 0:00 PDT

The entire article can be found at this website:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/165444.php

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" A nanomedicine research group led by a University of Toronto chemist has

received a $5-million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research

Council of Canada (NSERC), giving them the green light to develop faster ways of

detecting leukemia and lung cancer cells. "

" The BiopSys network aims to speed up cancer diagnosis by incorporating an

emerging technology known as plasmonics into existing procedures that use cancer

markers found on the surfaces of cells. Plasmonics - a technique that produces

waves of electrons when light hits a metal surface - offers significant

opportunities for increasing the number of types of cancer markers that can be

identified simultaneously. " 26 Sep 2009

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/165229.php

FYI,

Lottie Duthu