In leukemia, there is an uncontrolled division of certain white blood cells. The cause is a series of changes in the genetic material (DNA) of the bone marrow cells, which produce these abnormal cells. These malignant bone marrow cells also no longer respond to signals to inhibit the production, when enough cells are produced. There [...]
There are a number of bone marrow diseases that are closely related to acute or chronic leukemia. One is the myelodysplastic syndrome. This syndrome includes a number of diseases where the function of stem cells is disrupted. There are enough cells then produced which then can not function properly. The disease can pass within a [...]
Leukemia derived from the Greek leukos-white, blood-haima. Leukemia (blood cancer) is a type of cancer that attacks cells, white blood cells produced by bone marrow (bone marrow). Bone marrow or bone marrow in the human body produces three types of blood cells including white blood cell (functioning as an immune system against infection), red blood [...]