Role of Vitamins in Leukemia Therapy (1987)

Title:

Role of Vitamins in Leukemia Therapy

Key words:

vitamin D, leukemia

Research Institution:

Cornell University

Location:

New York

Researcher:

Andrew Yen

Project Description:

Dr. Yen sought to determine how vitamin A or vitamin D can be used to reduce the dosage of certain chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat leukemia and what happens at the level of the cells� genes to make this possible.

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