Drug in clinical trials for breast cancer could also treat some blood cancers (IMAGE)

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Drug in clinical trials for breast cancer could also treat some blood cancers

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Research from WashU Medicine found a possible new treatment strategy for certain types of blood cancers. The bone marrow of a mouse with a myeloproliferative neoplasm (left) shows fibrosis, or scar tissue (horizontal lines). A mouse with the same disease treated with an RSK1 inhibitor shows bone marrow resembling normal tissue (right).

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TIM KONG AND ANGELO B. A. LARANJEIRA

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