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Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: Leukemia

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent site lists the major types of leukemia and describes causes and risk factors, symptoms and signs, and other key information on this disease.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna Learning Center: Disease & Mutation: How Gleevec Works

For Students 9th - 10th
Chronic myeloid leukemia is a disease caused by a genetic mutation that gives rise to this abnormal protein molecule. The abnormal protein triggers the bone marrow to release dangerous numbers" of white blood cells. Gleevec, the thin...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and the Philadelphia Chromosome

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the graphic to complete the five-question quiz related to the Chronic myelogenous leukemia and Philadelphia Chromosome.