Prof Fabienne Mackay talks about restoration of immune function in leukaemia patients

Prof Fabienne Mackay:
Video on CLL research

Professor Fabienne Mackay talks about her team's ground breaking research published in the prestigious journal, Leukemia in April of this year. Immune defects in patients with #leukaemia prevent them from fighting the cancer. Their study looked particularly at Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) patients, as they tend to die from infection, rather than the cancer itself. They found that rare, but critical, cells to fight CLL can be restored. She says, "The best feature ever made to fight cancer is the immune system."
Links

• Department of Immunology website: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/immunology
• Journal reference: http://www.nature.com/leu/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/leu2014105a.html
• Youtube video: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/immunology
• Fabienne Mackay youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL77QJnB61-H7u-jWJ7xvmjOZwjLnQYZPk