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Dartmouth researchers find that arsenic triggers unique mechanism in rare leukemia

01-08-2007 · EurekAlert!

Dartmouth Medical School researchers have identified a new way that arsenite, a form of arsenic, acts in treating a rare cancer known as APL, or acute promyelocytic leukemia. Their study is published in the Jan. 3 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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