title: Turning Cancer Cells into Cancer Killers.
abstract: Researchers have changed leukemia cells into natural killer cells by adding a specific antibody to bone marrow cells from patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia. The induced natural killer cells killed leukemia cells in culture. The antibody does not trigger the same conversion in bone marrow from healthy patients.
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D019070:Cell Lineage / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000166:cytology; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology; D053628:Receptors, Thrombopoietin / Q000819:agonists*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D053628:Receptors, Thrombopoietin; C082218:MPL protein, human