Search and destroy: a new drug targets - and kills - leukemia

Article Abstract:

Canadian and Israeli researchers have developed the drug AG-490, which shows tremendous promise as a possible cure for childhood leukemia. The drug selectively kills cancer cells without damaging healthy ones, and appears to have few side effects. Tests on mice showed a 100% cure rate.

Research, Cancer research, Drug therapy, Cancer, Childhood leukemia, Leukemia in children

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What is a father?

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A Calgary court ruled that a man who had helped father a child was entitled to parental visits. The mother Caroline Johnson-Steeves claimed that King Tak Lee was only a sperm donor, even though the two had sex in order to conceive the child, The child is now four.

Cases, Fathers, Termination of parental rights, Sperm donors

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