MICROBIO 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Natural Killer Cell, Antibody, Bone

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Microbiology
• Course: MICROBIO 160
• Professor: Heather Reed

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Leukemia risk factors: not well known, exposure to ionization radiation repeated exposure to benzene, genetic disorders (ex: down syndrome, genetic predisposition (chromosomal instability, past chemotherapy and radiation therapy, previous infections smoking. Onset is insidious, slow, the disease is usually less aggressive, and the cells involved are usually more mature cells. Less threatening, less motivated to use aggressive treatments. 2 types: chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) and chronic myeloid. Usually rapid, very aggressive, and cells involved are usually poorly differentiated. 2 types: acute lymphocytic leukemia (all) and acute myeloid leukemia (aml) Leukemia: leukemia affects the organs that manufactures blood cells. It beings in the bone marrow or lymph system where blood cells originate and mature before being released into the blood stream: all: Almost 80% of children with leukemia have it, a cancer of the lymphoid cellsin the bone marrow and the lymphoid organs of the body: aml: