Paul Spagnuolo, University of Waterloo (IMAGE)

University of Waterloo

Paul Spagnuolo, University of Waterloo

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Professor Paul Spagnuolo from the University of Waterloo has discovered a lipid in avocados that combats acute myeloid leukemia by targeting the root of the disease -- leukemia stem cells. Worldwide, there are few drug treatments available to patients that target leukemia stem cells.

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Light Imaging/University of Waterloo

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