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31/01/12
Surprise finding redraws ‘map’ of blood cell production
A study of the cells that respond to crises in the blood system has yielded a few surprises, redrawing the ‘map’ of how blood cells are made in the body.
The finding, by researchers from the Walter...
19/01/12
Unveiling malaria’s ‘cloak of invisibility’
The discovery by researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of a molecule that is key to malaria’s ‘invisibility cloak’ will help to better understand how the parasite causes disease and...
17/01/12
Cell death researchers identify new Achilles heel in acute myeloid leukaemia
Melbourne researchers have discovered that acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer with poor prognosis, may be susceptible to medications that target a protein called Mcl-1.
The...