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Originally Posted by bailie
This is a very interesting study. There is a link between short telomeres and MDS. There is an inverse correlation between age of MDS patients (increasing incidence with age) and length of telomeres (decreasing length with age). The graphs match up consistently. If they can come up with a drug that will increase the length of telomeres, I believe one of the solutions to MDS and AML will be solved. It is great that MD Anderson is exploring this link. I believe that the short telomeres is the primary reason for the "random acts of violence" in our bone marrow.
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Very interesting study bailie! Thanks for sharing.
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Tracey, mom & wife,age 58, dx MDS RAEB-2 4/15, normal cytogenetics, Update: SCT cancelled. Blasts at 67%. New dx AML.
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