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 | New data announced on genetic events in identical twins with leukaemia |
|  |  | | Leukaemia Research made headlines in January last year when a study on identical twins confirmed for the first time the existence of stem cells in childhood leukaemia. Now, nearly a year on, new data has emerged shedding more light on how leukaemia, the most common form of cancer in children, develops from birth. | | Release date: 18 December 2008 |  |
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 | Top scientists join forces to find a cure for CML |
|  |  | | Finding the Achilles heel of leukaemia stem cells is the aim of a new £350,000 Leukaemia Research project. | | Release date: 28 November 2008 |  |
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 | Civic celebration of Leukaemia Research’s achievements in Scotland |
|  |  | | Glasgow City Chambers held a Civic Reception on Tuesday 18 November at 7pm to celebrate the achievements of Leukaemia Research in Scotland during 2008. The charity has £8.8 million invested in pioneering research in the country. | | Release date: 19 November 2008 |  |
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 | Cardiac Disease After Chemotherapy For Cancer |
|  |  | | There have been reports in newspapers and broadcasts of the decision of a teenage girl to refuse a heart transplant, to treat heart disease described as a consequence of treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Leukaemia Research does not have any comment on this specific case, other than to offer our best wishes to the young lady and her family. | | Release date: 11 Nov 2008 |  |
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