Treatment of leukemia by HIV

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2018-04-19

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faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University

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Cancer and human immunodeficiency (HIV) are both scary things to have in your body but a new treatment is successfully using HIV to treat cancer ( leukemia )

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Leukemia is a cancer of the body blood forming tissues , include bone marrow and the lymphatic system. Leukemia is usually involves the white blood cells , white blood cells are potent infection fighters they normally grow and divide in an orderly way as your body needs them but in people with leukemia the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells which don’t function properly There are 4 main types of leukemia, based on whether they are acute or chronic

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