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How can NK cells act as reliable predictors and be translated to diagnostics and treatment in ALL?

By Paola Frisone

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Srividya SwaminathanSrividya Swaminathan

Feb 4, 2021


During the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, the ALL Hub spoke to Srividya Swaminathan, The Department of Systems Biology at the Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA. We asked, How can natural killer (NK) cells act as reliable predictors and be translated to diagnostics and treatment in ALL?

How can NK cells act as reliable predictors and be translated to diagnostics and treatment in ALL?

Swaminathan reports the results of a study evaluating the phenotypic and functional deficiencies in NK cells of high-risk patients with ALL. Results from this study show that activated NK signature predicts poor clinical prognosis in high-risk patients with ALL.