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unusual facts about Leukaemia



Carlos Edmundo de Ory

He lived with his wife, French artist Laura Lachéroy, in the village of Thézy-Glimont in France until his death on November 11, 2010 of leukaemia.

Chen Wencong

Wencong was a Liverpool F.C. fan and died from leukaemia which he was diagnosed with in 2011.

Isobel English

She died of leukaemia on 30 May 1994 and was buried in Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green, London.

Leukemia Research

Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, a research organization, formerly known as "Leukaemia Research"

Lofty Large

Having been ill with leukaemia for three years, Large died aged 76 at St Michael's Hospice, Hereford.

PAREXEL

In March 2006, a PAREXEL-run trial on behalf of TeGenero, the now bankrupt German biotechnology firm, on its anti-inflammatory drug TGN1412 to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis or leukaemia, unexpectedly caused severe inflammation and multiple organ failure in six healthy volunteers at a facility based at Northwick Park Hospital in London.

Saponin

The research groups of Professor Hendrik Fuchs (Charité University, Berlin, Germany) and Dr David Flavell (Southampton General Hospital, United Kingdom) are working together toward the development of Gypsophila saponins for use in combination with immunotoxins or other targeted toxins for patients with leukaemia, lymphoma and other cancers.


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