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Advisory - 03/19: Stem cell “switch” discovered by BC Cancer Agency

New discovery may improve our understanding of how to treat leukemia

On Wednesday, March 21, a BC Cancer Agency scientist is available to discuss results of a new study discovery that blood stem cells undergo a rapid change in their properties early in life, an advance which may eventually lead to better treatments of leukemia and other cancers of the blood system.

What Interview opportunity in the lab
Photos and visuals
When Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Interviews can be scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (PST)
Who BC Cancer Agency researcher
Where BC Cancer Agency Research Centre
675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver

For more information, or to schedule an interview, please contact:
Nicole Adams
Director, Communications
BC Cancer Agency
Tel: 604.65.8105
Pager: 604.641,5167
Cell: 604.230.1463 
nadams@bccancer.bc.ca