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Oncology: Fighting Leukemia with Therapeutic RNA

2023-12-28

Oncology: Fighting Leukemia with Therapeutic RNA

Each year, around 13,000 people in Germany are diagnosed with leukemia, of which up to half die from the disease despite intensive chemotherapy. Beyond that, therapies have severe side effects: In particular, they inhibit the formation of normal blood cells. In a preclinical study, a team from the Department of Pediatrics at Goethe University Frankfurt has tested a novel therapy based on a...