Leukemia Treatment Could Lie in Avocado Compound
Like many other types of cancer, leukemia currently has no cure. Although treatments are largely dependent on whether the cancer is slow growing or aggressive, most of the treatments are pretty toxic and, in extreme cases, can even cost the patients their lives. There are several types of leukemia, and researchers from the University of Guelph may have found a way to cure one of the most devastating forms of cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (“AML”). AML often afflicts people over the age of 65 and has quite a low survival rate; less than 10% of patients live for more than…
