Article: Research from Johns Hopkins University, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins provides new data about leukemia therapy.(Report)

New research, 'Targeting FLT3 for the Treatment of Leukemia,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from the United States, "FLT3 is a receptor tyrosine kinase with important roles in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell survival and proliferation. It is frequently overexpressed in acute leukemias and is frequently mutated in acute myeloid leukemia (AML)."

"FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations in AML portend poor prognosis in both adult and pediatric patients. A number of small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) with activity against FLT3 have been discovered. Many of these are still in preclinical development, but several ...

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