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A team of researchers, led by Drucker and Deininger, at Oregon

Health and Science University, Portland, has now shown clearly that human CML

stem cells do not depend on BCR-ABL activity for survival and are thus not

eliminated by imatinib therapy. As noted by the authors and, in an accompany

commentary, Perl and Carroll, at the University of

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, the data indicate that therapeutics targeting

BCR-ABL will not improve CML treatment and that new approaches are needed if

further advances in patient care are to be made.

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Honey

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Article Date: 15 Dec 2010

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I thought I would revive this, since the story about too much Vitamin D burst

into the news while I was at MDACC and it was on every newscast and newspaper.

We have

covered this item before, but now there is new evidence we need to look at

before

we jump to conclusions about whether we should or should not take it.

Personally, I take it once a month as my doctor prescribed.

I Googled why we take Vitamin D and came up with this excerpt:

Vitamin D comes in two forms: vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. Vitamin D3, also known

as cholecalciferol, is the most effective form for maintaining adequate levels

of vitamin D in the body. Therefore, it is important to choose the D3 form when

supplementing with vitamin D.

You can take to much vitamin D its also known as hypervitaminosis D. It can be

dangerous but is completely treatable. To much vitamin D can cause kidney

stones, weakness, poor appetite and weakness.

Your body needs small concentration of vitamin D. It is necessary to have at

least 1-3 milligrams of vitamin D in your body each day. The upper limit for

vitamin D in your body is 2000 IU.

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Vitamin D deficiency

A report from the Institute of Medicine setting new guidelines for vitamin D and

calcium increases the recommended level of D but actually maintains the same or

decreases the recommended levels for calcium.

Most Americans and Canadians, the report states, are getting enough vitamin D

and calcium, although older men and women may fall short.

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Carpe Diem,

Lottie Duthu

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