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Cells of Aggressive Leukemia Hijack Normal Protein to Grow, According to Penn Study

PHILADELPHIA - Researchers have found that one particularly aggressive type of blood cancer, mixed lineage leukemia (MLL), has an unusual way to keep the molecular motors running. The cancer cells rely on the normal version of an associated protein to stay alive. (more)

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