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Health
Tim Dornin

SA scientists in major leukaemia advance

SA scientists have made a breakthrough in the search for treatments for a deadly blood cancer. (AAP)

South Australian scientists have made a significant advance in overcoming drug resistance among patients with acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare blood cancer that kills most sufferers within a few years.

Researchers from the University of South Australia and SA Pathology's Centre for Cancer Biology have discovered a way to suppress a specific protein that promotes resistance to drugs commonly used to treat AML patients.

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