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Working toward a cure: Penn State duo developing fish oil-based leukemia treatment
January 19, 2012
UNIVERSITY PARK — One sentence from a 6,500- plus word article in the medical journal Blood jumped out at Robert Paulson.
So he headed to the lab next door and handed the article to K. Sandeep Prabhu.
“Oh, wow,” Prabhu recalled saying. “We have that compound.”
The two researchers in the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences had the same thought. “We should give this a try,” Paulson said.
A year and a half and many experiments on mice later, Paulson and Prabhu think they’ve discovered a medical breakthrough that could potentially benefit thousands of leukemia patients a year.
They’ve discovered that a compound produced from fish oil appears to not only kill certain leukemia cells in
mice but kill the stem cells that cause the cancer.
“So there seems to be no relapse. And that’s the key thing,” Paulson said in an interview last week. “And if we can translate that into the clinic, it’ll be a big breakthrough.”
There are lots of questions and experiments ahead for them. They need more funding and resources. But they’re cautiously optimistic that the treatment could work in people.
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ADL to Host Annual Veterinary Practitioner's Meeting
January 19, 2012
ADL and PSU Veterinary Extension will host the 2012 Veterinary Practitioner's Meeting on Thursday, April 12th from 11:00-5:00 in the Centre County Visitors Center in State College, PA.
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ADL to Host Annual Veterinary Practitioner's Meeting
January 19, 2012
ADL and PSU Veterinary Extension will host the 2012 Veterinary Practitioner's Meeting on Thursday, April 12th from 11:00-5:00 in the Centre County Visitors Center in State College, PA.
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PADLS-PSU Annual Practitioner Meeting
January 13, 2012
The Animal Diagnostic Laboratory (PADLS-PSU) and Veterinary Extension at the Pennsylvania State University invite you and the veterinarians in your practice to attend our annual Practitioner’s Meeting. A variety of topics will be presented, including Animal Diagnostic Laboratory and Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife updates and regulatory information of importance provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
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Working toward a cure: Penn State duo developing fish oil-based leukemia treatment January 19, 2012 UNIVERSITY PARK — One sentence from a 6,500- plus word article in the medical journal Blood jumped out at Robert Paulson. So he headed to the lab next door and handed the article to K. Sandeep Prabhu. “Oh, wow,” Prabhu recalled saying. “We have that compound.” The two researchers in the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences had the same thought. “We should give this a try,” Paulson said. A year and a half and many experiments on mice later, Paulson and Prabhu think they’ve discovered a medical breakthrough that could potentially benefit thousands of leukemia patients a year. They’ve discovered that a compound produced from fish oil appears to not only kill certain leukemia cells in mice but kill the stem cells that cause the cancer. “So there seems to be no relapse. And that’s the key thing,” Paulson said in an interview last week. “And if we can translate that into the clinic, it’ll be a big breakthrough.” There are lots of questions and experiments ahead for them. They need more funding and resources. But they’re cautiously optimistic that the treatment could work in people.
