Identifying initiating cells in leukaemia

Project Description

It is now thought that leukaemia arises from a rare cell called the leukaemic stem cell. This project will identify the blood cells that can turn into leukaemic stem cells from within a mixture of leukaemic cells.

Because of this mixture of cells, treatment is much more difficult. Using state of the art techniques to detect differences between the leukaemic cells and their normal counterparts we hope to obtain more specific treatments and better survival outcomes.

Year

2011-2012

Researchers

Dr David Izon, Dr Andrew Wei

Funding Body

Cancer Council Research Grant

Institution

Haematology and Leukaemia Unit, St Vincent's Institute

Funding

$100,000 pa for two years

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