Finding what it takes to make a white blood cell could lead to new cancer treatment
July 22, 2026
July 22, 2026
AMES, Iowa, July 22 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
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Finding what it takes to make a white blood cell could lead to new cancer treatment
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AMES, Iowa -In leukemia's most aggressive forms, the blood cell factories in our bone marrow falter. Instead of dividing and multiplying at their usual prolific pace, generating hundreds of billions of new cells daily, some precursor cells stall out at an immature stage. . . .
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Finding what it takes to make a white blood cell could lead to new cancer treatment
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AMES, Iowa -In leukemia's most aggressive forms, the blood cell factories in our bone marrow falter. Instead of dividing and multiplying at their usual prolific pace, generating hundreds of billions of new cells daily, some precursor cells stall out at an immature stage. . . .