The researchers, led by Professor Sten Eirik W Jacobsen at the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit and the Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford, investigated
malignant cells in the bone marrow of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and followed them over time.
Researchers can now tag individual
malignant cells in the bone marrow of patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Not exact matches
Characterized by
malignant alterations
in the blood - forming stem
cells in the
bone marrow, ALL is the most common form of childhood cancer.
In her project, Sipkins will investigate molecular characteristics of tissue microenvironments, or «niches,» within the
bone marrow and how normal, healthy hematopoietic stem
cells, which give rise to the many kinds of blood
cells, compete with
malignant cells to occupy these coveted niches.
Malignant cells that remain
in the
bone marrow following treatment are a major cause of disease relapse.
Leukemia is a progressive,
malignant disease that involves out - of - control growth of white blood
cells (leukocytes)
in a dog's blood and
bone marrow.