|  | | | The latest research news articles are shown below. To view older articles please visit the archive.
 | 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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| Leukaemia Research’s response to DNA sequencing of acute myeloid leukaemia |
| |  | | In a report in Nature*, US scientists describe how they have applied new technology to finding mutations in leukaemia cells. They sequenced the complete genome of leukaemia cells and healthy cells from the same woman. | | Release date: 07 November 2008 | |
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| Fundraisers meet scientists at London Open Day |
| |  | | Leukaemia Research thanks everyone who attended the London Open Day on Saturday 4 October at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, whose enthusiasm made the event both informative and enjoyable for all involved. | | Release date: 8 October 2008 | |
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| Study reveals genetic links to CLL |
| |  | | Leukaemia Research funded scientists led by Professor Richard Houlston at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton have now shown that there is a genetic susceptibility to developing chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), the most common form of leukaemia in the Western World. | | Release date: 25 Sep 2008 | |
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