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Scotland Herald: Scientists find broken ‘switch’ link to leukemia

London : United Kingdom | about 1 month ago  
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Leukaemia is a cancer of the bone marrow and the immune system's white blood cells, which do not develop properly and begin to divide uncontrollably. Like the HIV Aids virus, the disease leaves the body less able to fight off infections. It also disrupts the manufacture of red blood cells, leading to...
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